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dexter Name Meaning and History

English (East Midlands): occupational name from Middle English dyster ‘dyer’ (see Dyer).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of dexter Families in the US in 1920
Number of dexter families
 138-273
 47-137
 1-46
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 269 - Messages: 717
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DEXTERs in Warwicksire/Northampton UK rupertdexter 0
DEXTER, Bessie ELL47 1
Found Old Photographs Mullinix92019 0
updates terryblount163 0
Jason Dexter; Darius Dexter CT early 1800's LauretteHall 0
Death: J. Boyd Dexter - Lowell Sun - Lowell MA - February 1, 1958 canesfan10 0
DEXTER family history paper jenniemader 28
Helen Dexter Jubber Obituary griffins81 0
Arkansas rmglider 1
Richard DEXTER dbrown27 1
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