Fenwick Family History
Fenwick Name Meaning
Northern English and Scottish: habitational name from either of two
places in Northumberland or from one in West Yorkshire, all of which
are so named from Old English fenn ‘marsh’, ‘fen’ +
wic ‘outlying dairy farm’. There is also a place in
Ayrshire, Scotland, which has the same name and origin. This last is
the source of at least some early examples of the surname: Nicholaus
Fynwyk was provost of Ayr in 1313, and Reginald de Fynwyk or Fynvyk
appears as bailie and alderman of the same burgh in 1387 and 1401. The
name is usually pronounced ‘Fennick’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Fenwick Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Fenwick families
 32 - 62  11 - 31 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Fenwick families
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572 - 1,141 191 - 571 |
1 - 190 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Fenwick families
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71 - 140 24 - 70 |
1 - 23 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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