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harwood Name Meaning and History

English and Scottish: habitational name from any of various places, for example in the Scottish Borders and in Cheshire, Lancashire, Lothian, Northumberland, and North and West Yorkshire, called Harwood or Harewood from Old English har ‘gray’ or hara ‘hare’ + wudu ‘wood’. This name has also become established in Ireland.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of harwood Families in the US in 1920
Number of harwood families
 81-160
 28-80		 1-27
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Threads: 285 - Messages: 713
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Mo. Harwoods ardeein 8
Harwood Pat77 2
JOHN HARWOOD 1743 Fred L. Harwood 17
William Harwood IdaBoone34 3
Harwood, Canada & New Zealand dwanhalla|MA700184 0
Charles/Mary Harwood of IL/MO/KS/NE 1860-1900 GRobison57 1
Death in CA 1863- Joseph HERWOOD, a Cornishman danderup 0
Looking for a Hugh Harwood Sunshine Harwood Greenaway 2
Henrico Harwoods Nancy W. H. Garrett 4
Brothers Ralph A. and Willard G.Harwood CC1963 8
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