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The askew Surname

askew Name Meaning and History

Northern English: habitational name from a place in North Yorkshire named Aiskew, from Old Norse eik ‘oak’ + skógr ‘wood’.

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

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

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Distribution of askew Families in the US in 1920
Number of askew families
 103-203
 35-102		 1-34
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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