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ogilvie Name Meaning and History

Scottish: habitational name from a place near Glamis in the former county of Angus, which is first recorded c.1205 in the form Ogilvin. It is probably named from an early British form of Welsh uchel ‘high’ + ma ‘plain’, ‘place’ (mutated to fa) or ban ‘hill’ (mutated to fan).

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Distribution of ogilvie Families in the US in 1920
Number of ogilvie families
 21-39
 8-20		 1-7
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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The Ogilvie Family Ray Debolt 4
OGILVIE - TRINIDAD - 1950's? DavidMPaterson 3
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Ogilvies from Kirriemuir JEANPEPPER80 20
Scottish Ogilvie's scott ogilvie 13
Marie Pauline Ogilvie b. abt 1888. Joy Smith 1
Elizabeth Ogilvie -Angus EGM84484 0
GEORGE OGILVIE-FATHER OF WILLIAM OGILVIE BORN IN BANFF SCOTLAND 1749 MICHELLE ANDERSON 5
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