Waag Family History
Waag Name Meaning
German: topographic name for someone who lived near a lake or
marsh, from Middle High German wac ‘standing water’, ‘pool’.Norwegian: habitational name from any of ten or so farmsteads
named Våg, mainly in Nordland, from Old Norse vágr ‘bay’,
‘creek’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Waag Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Waag families
 9 - 15  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Waag families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Waag Family Origin
Waag Immigration Information
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Waag Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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