Bristow Family History
Bristow Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of Bristol, named in Old
English with brycg ‘bridge’ + stow ‘assembly
place’. The final -l of the modern form is due to a regional
pronunciation.
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Name Distribution of Bristow Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bristow families
 37 - 71  13 - 36 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bristow families
|
451 - 900 151 - 450 |
1 - 150 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bristow families
|
8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bristow census records
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Bristow Family Origin
Bristow Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Bristow
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Bristow Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Bristow census records
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Bristow Civil War Service Records
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