Cambridge Family History
Cambridge Name Meaning
Irish: reduced form of McCambridge.English:
habitational name for someone from either of two places called
Cambridge: one in Gloucestershire, the other in Cambridgeshire (the
university city). Until the late 14th century the latter was known as
Cantebrigie ‘bridge on the (river) Granta’, from a Celtic river
name meaning ‘marshy river’. Under Norman influence Granta-
became Cam-. It seems likely, therefore, that the surname
derives mainly from the much smaller place in Gloucestershire,
recorded as Cambrigga (1200–10), and named for the Cam, a
Celtic river name meaning ‘crooked’, ‘winding’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Cambridge Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cambridge families
 16 - 29  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cambridge families
|
133 - 264 45 - 132 |
1 - 44 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cambridge families
|
17 - 31 6 - 16 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Cambridge Family Origin
Cambridge Immigration Information
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Cambridge Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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