Newport Family History
Newport Name Meaning
Southern English: habitational name from any of several places so
called, from Old English neowe ‘new’ + port ‘market
town’ (see Port 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Newport Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Newport families
 33 - 64  12 - 32 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Newport families
|
143 - 284 48 - 142 |
1 - 47 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Newport families
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7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Newport Family Origin
Newport Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Newport
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Newport Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Newport Civil War Service Records
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