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fawcett Name Meaning and History

Northern English: habitational name from Fawcett in Cumbria or Facit in Lancashire, both named from Old English fah ‘(brightly) colored’ + side ‘slope’, ‘hillside’. A further possible source, Forcett in North Yorkshire, is named from Old English ford ‘ford’ + set ‘animal fold’.

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fawcett Family Facts

Distribution of fawcett Families in the US in 1920
Number of fawcett families
 70-138
 24-69		 1-23
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