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The ewald Surname

ewald Name Meaning and History

North German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements eo ‘law’, ‘custom’, ‘right’ (a rare element in personal names, found mostly in Old Saxon) + wald ‘rule’. This name was borne in the 7th century by two brothers (distinguished as ‘Ewald the White’ and ‘Ewald the Black’) who were missionaries in North Germany. They became the patron saints of Cologne and Westphalia, and so contributed to the popularity of the personal name (and hence the eventual frequency of the surname) in these areas.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The ewald name in History

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Distribution of ewald Families in the US in 1920
Number of ewald families
 56-110
 19-55		 1-18
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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