Berkeley Family History
Berkeley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Berkeley in Gloucestershire,
named in Old English with be(o)rc ‘birch’ + leah
‘woodland clearing’. Compare Scottish Barclay.Jewish (American): assimilated form of Berkowitz.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Berkeley
Name Distribution of Berkeley Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Berkeley families
 20 - 37  7 - 19 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Berkeley families
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30 - 58 11 - 29 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Berkeley families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Berkeley Family Origin
Berkeley Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Berkeley
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Berkeley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Berkeley Civil War Service Records
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