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trail Name Meaning and History

Scottish: probably a habitational or topographic name from northern Scotland; Black mentions a creek named Traill in Gaelic, running into Upper Loch Torridon.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of trail Families in the US in 1920
Number of trail families
 24-45
 9-23		 1-8
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Ancestry johntrail188 0
Trail wedding announcement... - Maryland brownst1 0
Trail wedding announcement... - Maryland brownst1 0
Trail/Traill in Aberdeenshire circa 1846 James Trail 2
Trails from So. Middle Tennessee. Ronald W. Trail 3
Trail from AVA, Mo davidroland1 0
Missouri Trail's (Carol Trail Farmer) Patty Trail Purvis 8
Trails in India DEvans70 3
Florida Trail family NorrisWade 4
Trail family, Butler and Logan Co KY rhonda1784 1
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