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armitage Name Meaning and History

English: topographic name from Middle English, Old French (h)ermitage ‘hermitage’ (a derivative of Old French (h)ermite ‘hermit’), or a habitational name from a place named with this word. The name is very common in Yorkshire, where it has been traced to Hermitage Bridge, a locality in Almondbury, near Huddersfield.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The armitage name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the armitage family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of armitage Families in the US in 1920
Number of armitage families
 40-78
 14-39		 1-13
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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