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The heath Surname

heath Name Meaning and History

English: topographic name for someone who lived on a heath (Middle English hethe, Old English h?ð) or a habitational name from any of the numerous places, for example in Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire, named with this word. The same word also denoted heather, the characteristic plant of heathland areas. This surname has also been established in Dublin since the late 16th century.

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

Distribution of heath Families in the US in 1920
Number of heath families
 285-567
 96-284		 1-95
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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