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helwig Name Meaning and History

German and Dutch: from the medieval personal name Heilwig, Helwig (female and male), composed of the Germanic elements heil ‘luck’ + wig ‘war’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of helwig Families in the US in 1920
Number of helwig families
 41-80
 14-40
 1-13
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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