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The ragsdale Surname

ragsdale Name Meaning and History

Apparently an English habitational name from Ragdale in Leicestershire, which is probably named from Old English hraca ‘gully’, ‘narrow pass’ + dæl ‘valley’, ‘dale’.

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

Distribution of ragsdale Families in the US in 1920
Number of ragsdale families
 122-241
 41-121		 1-40
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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