Hyden Family History
Hyden Name Meaning
English: possibly a habitational name from Clayhidon in Devon
(recorded as Hidon, Hydon up to the end of the 15th
century), which was originally named from Old English hieg
‘hay’ + dun ‘hill’, or from any of the places named Iden
(see Iden), of which there are two examples in Kent and one in
East Sussex. In medieval records these all occur with the spelling
Hiden or Hyden.German:
unexplained.Altered spelling of German Heiden.Dutch
(van der Hyden): topographic name for a moorland dweller (see
Heide 2).
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Name Distribution of Hyden Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hyden families
 27 - 51  10 - 26 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hyden families
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30 - 58 11 - 29 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Hyden Family Origin
Hyden Immigration Information
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Hyden Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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