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Tran Origin and Immigration
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Tran Surname Distribution
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Origin: Swedish referencing a shore or river bank . Family is from BRANNAMALA Sweden at least byb mid 1800's
Surnames: Strand
Submitted by: Harry August Strand
Origin of Tran, Meaning of Tran
Origin: This name was coined in New Amsterdam in late 1600's when the English required the use of a surname of all the people living under their rule. See Ostrander Family Association web page. This is a Dutch name.
Surnames: Ostrander
Submitted by: Terence Kelley
Origin of Tran, Meaning of Tran
Origin: I am looking for family members. Both of my parents are deceased and my oldeset sister is mentally retarded and not a good source of family information.
Surnames: Nostrand
Submitted by: Linda Nostrand
Origin of Tran, Meaning of Tran
Origin: Strange
French origin means the foreigner or the stranger
Surnames: Strange
Submitted by: glitz
Origin of Tran, Meaning of Tran
Origin: albanian
Surnames: matranga
Submitted by:
Origin of Tran, Meaning of Tran
Origin: TERNENT - TRANENT=
TERNENT IS THE SCOTTISH PRONOUNCIATION OF TRANENT A TOWN 10 MILES SOUTH OF EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. TRANENT IS THE ENGLISH PRONOUNCIATION. THESE TWO NAMES COME OUT OF THE NAME DE' TRAVERNENT. TAKE THE 'RAV OUT OF THIS NAME AND WE HAVE 'TERNENT' - TAKE THE 'VER' OUT OF THE NAME AND WE HAVE TRANENT. TRANENT IN EAST LOTHIAN WAS GIVEN TO THORN FILIUS SWANI DE'TRAVERNENT A FRENCH KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN 1127 IN A CHARTER BY KING DAVID l OF SCOTLAND WHO CAME TO THE THRONE IN 1124.
Surnames: DE'TRAVERNENT/TRANENT/TERNENT
Submitted by: CHEVALIER DENIS DE'TRAVERNENT
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