Westlake Family History
Westlake Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a
stream, from Middle English by weste lake (see Lake).
Westlake in Devon derives its name from the surname, rather than the
other way around.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Westlake
Name Distribution of Westlake Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Westlake families
 367 - 732  123 - 366 |
 1 - 122  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Westlake families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Westlake census records
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Westlake Family Origin
Westlake Emigration Information (US)
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Westlake Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Westlake census records
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Military Service by Westlake
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