Henwood Family History
Henwood Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places so named, as
for example Henwood in Cornwall, in Linkinhorne parish, which is named
from Old English henn ‘hen’, ‘wild bird’ + wudu ‘wood’,
or Hen Wood in Wootton, Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire), which is
named from Old English hiwan ‘religious community’ (genitive
plural higna) + wudu.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Henwood Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Henwood families
 18 - 33  7 - 17 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Henwood families
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184 - 366 62 - 183 |
1 - 61 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Henwood families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Henwood Family Origin
Henwood Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Henwood
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Henwood Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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