Dewar Family History
Dewar Name Meaning
occupational name for a custodian of holy relics
(which was normally a hereditary office), from Gaelic deoradh
‘pilgrim’, ‘stranger’.habitational name from Dewar, a place near
Dalkeith, of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Dewar Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dewar families
 26 - 49  9 - 25 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dewar families
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127 - 251 43 - 126 |
1 - 42 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dewar families
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381 - 760 128 - 380 |
1 - 127 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Dewar Family Origin
Dewar Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Dewar
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Dewar Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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