The umstead Surname
umstead Name Meaning and History
Origin uncertain: perhaps an altered form of an unidentified
Scandinavian habitational name ending in -stedt ‘homestead’, or
of the English surname Hamstead, a habitational name from any
of several places in England named with Old English hamstede
‘homestead’, for example Hamstead in the West Midlands and Isle of
Wight, Hampstead in London, or Hamstead Marshall and Hampstead Norris
in Berkshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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