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The bartholomew Surname

bartholomew Name Meaning and History

English: from a medieval personal name, Latin Bart(h)olomaeus, from the Aramaic patronymic bar-Talmay ‘son of Talmay’, meaning ‘having many furrows’, i.e. rich in land. This was an extremely popular personal name in Christian Europe, with innumerable vernacular derivatives. It derived its popularity from the apostle St. Bartholomew (Matthew 10:3), the patron saint of tanners, vintners, and butlers. As an Irish name, it has been used as an Americanized form of Mac Pharthaláin (see McFarlane).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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bartholomew Family Facts

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Distribution of bartholomew Families in the US in 1920
Number of bartholomew families
 205-407
 69-204		 1-68
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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