Breckenridge Family History
Breckenridge Name Meaning
Scottish, northern Irish, and English: habitational name from
Brackenrig in Lanarkshire, so named with northern Middle English
braken ‘bracken’ (Old Norse brækni) + rigg
‘ridge’ (Old Norse hryggr), or from a similarly named place in
northern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Breckenridge Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Breckenridge families
 40 - 78  14 - 39 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Breckenridge families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Breckenridge families
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84 - 166 29 - 83 |
1 - 28 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Breckenridge Family Origin
Breckenridge Immigration Information
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Breckenridge Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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