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The webster Surname

webster Name Meaning and History

English (chiefly Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Midlands) and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, early Middle English webber, agent derivative of Webb.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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webster Family Facts

Distribution of webster Families in the US in 1920
Number of webster families
 540-1077
 181-539		 1-180
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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