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wathen Name Meaning and History

Welsh: from the personal name Gwaiddan, which is found as part of place names in Robeston Wathen, near Narberth, Pembrokeshire, and the nearby Llanwathen (from Welsh llan ‘church’ + Gwaiddon).

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Distribution of wathen Families in the US in 1920
Number of wathen families
 62-122
 21-61
 1-20
 0
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