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crittenden Name Meaning and History

English (Kent): habitational name from Crittenden in Kent, which is named with the Old English personal name Gu{dh}here + Old English -ing- denoting association with + Old English denn ‘woodland pasture’.

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Distribution of crittenden Families in the US in 1920
Number of crittenden families
 42-81
 15-41
 1-14
 0
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