Howarth Family History
Howarth Name Meaning
variant spelling of
Haworth.habitational name from Howarth in the parish of
Rochdale, Lancashire, apparently so called from Old English
hoh ‘mound’ + worð ‘enclosure’. However, if the
13th-century form Halwerdeword refers to this place, the first
element may instead be Middle English halleward ‘keeper of a
hall’ or represent a personal name such as Old English
Æðelweard or Old Norse Hallvarðr.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Howarth Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Howarth families
 74 - 145  25 - 73 |
 1 - 24  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Howarth families
|
5,734 - 11,465 1,912 - 5,733 |
1 - 1,911 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Howarth families
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24 - 45 9 - 23 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Howarth Family Origin
Howarth Immigration Information
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Howarth Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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