Westerhold Family History
Westerhold Name Meaning
North German: habitational name from any of the places named
Westerholt, for example in Oldenburg, Hannover, and Westphalia, or a
topographic name for someone who lived in woods to the west of a
settlement, from Middle Low German wester ‘westerly’ +
holt ‘wood’, ‘forest’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Westerhold Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Westerhold families
 6 - 10  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Westerhold Family Origin
Westerhold Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Westerhold
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Westerhold Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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