Westgate Family History
Westgate Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by the west gate of
a city, from Middle English west ‘west’ + gate ‘gate’,
or, in northern and eastern areas, ‘street’ (from Old Norse
gata), or a habitational name from any of numerous places named
Westgate, for example in County Durham, Kent, and Northumberland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Westgate Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Westgate families
 70 - 138  24 - 69 |
 1 - 23  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Westgate families
|
87 - 171 30 - 86 |
1 - 29 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Westgate last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Westgate census records
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Westgate Family Origin
Westgate Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Westgate
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Westgate Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Westgate Civil War Service Records
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