Baxter Family History
Baxter Name Meaning
Northern English and Scottish: occupational name from Old English
bæcestre ‘baker’, variant (originally a feminine form) of
bæcere (see Baker).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Baxter Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Baxter families
 366 - 730  123 - 365 |
 1 - 122  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Baxter families
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1,207 - 2,412 403 - 1,206 |
1 - 402 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Baxter families
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611 - 1,220 204 - 610 |
1 - 203 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Baxter Family Origin
Baxter Immigration Information
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Baxter Family Occupations
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