Fawcett Family History
Fawcett Name Meaning
Northern English: habitational name from Fawcett in Cumbria or
Facit in Lancashire, both named from Old English fah
‘(brightly) colored’ + side ‘slope’, ‘hillside’. A further
possible source, Forcett in North Yorkshire, is named from Old English
ford ‘ford’ + set ‘animal fold’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Fawcett Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Fawcett families
 70 - 138  24 - 69 |
 1 - 23  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Fawcett families
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1,552 - 3,101 518 - 1,551 |
1 - 517 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Fawcett families
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10 - 18 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Fawcett Family Origin
Fawcett Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Fawcett
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Fawcett Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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