Maitland Family History
Maitland Name Meaning
Scottish and English: of uncertain origin, possibly a nickname for
an ungracious individual, from Anglo-Norman French maltalent,
mautalent ‘bad temper’ (Late Latin malum ‘bad’ +
talentum ‘inclination’, ‘disposition’). However, there is a
place called Mautalant in Pontorson, France, which was named for its
unproductive soil, and this may well be a partial source of the
surname, particularly in Scotland where many historical examples of
the name are written with the preposition de. The present
spelling is the result of a contracted pronunciation and folk
etymological identification with the common topographic element
land.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Maitland
Name Distribution of Maitland Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Maitland families
 64 - 125  22 - 63 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Maitland families
|
188 - 374 63 - 187 |
1 - 62 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Maitland census records
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Maitland Family Origin
Maitland Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Maitland Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Maitland Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Maitland census records
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Military Service by Maitland
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