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Dewhurst Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire, probably so
named from Old English deawig ‘dewy’ + hyrst ‘wooded
hill’.
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Name Distribution of Dewhurst Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dewhurst families
 22 - 42  8 - 21 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dewhurst families
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1,498 - 2,994 500 - 1,497 |
1 - 499 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dewhurst families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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