The dart Surname

dart Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from a settlement on the river Dart in Devon, which is named from a British term meaning ‘oak’ and is thus a cognate of Darwin 2.
English: metonymic occupational name for a maker of arrows, from Middle English dart (from Old French darde).

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The dart name in History

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dart Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of dart Families in the US in 1920

Number of dart families

56-110

19-55

1-18

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Joseph Howe Dartt	Nyla_Dartt	0
Odolphus Dart	Patricia Randolph Haltmar	10
Nathan Dart of New York	dart63	2
Obit. Damon Patrick Dart	KAYROM	11
Dart name origin	Lonnie Jackson Dart Jr. Jack	46
Dart in Kansas or Oklahoma	Nikki Dart	10
Dart Family Book	billsue_1	4
Gilbert, Chauncey, Urial Dart of Onondaga co. N.Y.	marydeloras	18
Geo Oliver / Paul Oliver DART in KS	haynes_ks	0
Dart book	marydeloras	9

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