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Westmoreland Name Meaning
Northern English: regional name for someone from the former country
of this name, originally named in Old English as
Westmoringaland ‘territory of the people living west of the
moors (i.e. the Pennines)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Westmoreland Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Westmoreland families
 63 - 124  22 - 62 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Westmoreland families
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163 - 323 55 - 162 |
1 - 54 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Westmoreland families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Westmoreland Family Origin
Westmoreland Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Westmoreland
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Westmoreland Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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