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ottaway Name Meaning and History

English: from either of two Norman personal names: Otoïs, composed of the Germanic elements od ‘prosperity’, ‘riches’ + widis (from wid ‘wide’ or witu ‘wood’), or Otewi, in which the second element is wig ‘war’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of ottaway Families in the US in 1920
Number of ottaway families
 19-36
 7-18
 1-6
 0
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