The damewood Surname

damewood Name Meaning and History

Americanized form of German Dammholz, a topographic name for someone living by a wooded dike, from Damm ‘dam’, ‘dike’ + Holz ‘wood’.

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

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The damewood name in History

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

damewood Family Facts

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Distribution of damewood Families in the US in 1920

Number of damewood families

13-24

5-12

1-4

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POW/MIA Korean War, DAMEWOOD	raysestak126	1
Kevin Damewood - New Member	kevindamewood	1
Damewood locations	lmforbes_1	1
lottie gertrude damewood rockecharlie	bdt4968	3
Finding Family Roots	happytxangel25	5
DAMEWOOD/DEMUTH, Penn. to Vir. then Tenn.	leathaabetts	30
Need a little help	IrishGalicGal82	2
Damewood/Boyd (Texas/Alabama)	Olelucky	2
Malachai's immediate family	IrishGalicGal82	1
Hans Heinrich Damewood	IrishGalicGal82	0

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