Attaway Family History
Attaway Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English atte weye ‘by
the road’, or a habitational name for someone from Atway or Way, both
in Devon. The word way (Old English weg) was the usual
term for a road in Old and Middle English, as opposed to a
stræt ‘paved road’ (usually a Roman road). The term
rad or road, originally meaning ‘act of riding’,
‘outing on horseback’, did not come to mean ‘highway’ until
Shakespeare’s time.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Attaway Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Attaway families
 35 - 68  12 - 34 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Attaway families
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47 - 91 16 - 46 |
1 - 15 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Attaway Family Origin
Attaway Immigration Information
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Attaway Family Occupations
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