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gwilliam Name Meaning and History

Welsh: from the personal name Gwilym, Welsh form of William. The initial G- was acquired by analogy with names such as Gwyn, of which the lenited form is Wyn.

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gwilliam Family Facts

Distribution of gwilliam Families in the US in 1920
Number of gwilliam families
 5-7
 2-4
 1
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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