Louth Family History
Louth Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Louth in Lincolnshire, so
called from its position on the river Lud (Old English
Hlude, meaning ‘the loud one’).Irish: when not
of English origin (see 1), probably a reduced and altered form of
McLeod. Compare McLouth.
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Name Distribution of Louth Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Louth families
 23 - 43  8 - 22 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Louth families
|
74 - 145 25 - 73 |
1 - 24 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Louth Family Origin
Louth Immigration Information
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Louth Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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