Darwin Family History
- Darwin Name Meaning
- from the Old English personal name Deorwine, composed of the elements deor ‘dear’ + wine ‘friend’. This name is attested in the 10th century, but it was not common; nevertheless it may have survived long enough to become a Middle English personal name and so given rise to the surname. habitational name from Darwen in Lancashire, named from the Darwin river (earlier Derwent) on which it stands. This seems to be a British name derived from a word meaning ‘oak’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 162,084 Historical Documents with Darwin on Ancestry
- 36,948 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 23,281 Census and Voter Lists
- 4,018 Military Records
- 2,085 Immigration Records
- 95,752 Member Trees
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Number of Darwin families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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155 - 308 52 - 154 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- 41
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