Waldeck Family History
Waldeck Name Meaning
German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): habitational name from a
place in Hesse, on the Eder river, probably named from Old High German
wald ‘wood’, ‘forest’ + ecka, egga ‘corner’,
‘nook’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Waldeck Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Waldeck families
 29 - 55  10 - 28 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Waldeck families
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11 - 20 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Waldeck last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Waldeck Family Origin
Waldeck Immigration Information
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Waldeck Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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