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Kekwick Family History

Kekwick Surname Meaning

from Keckwick (Cheshire) which is recorded as Kekewyc in the 13th century.

The place-name probably derives from the Old Scandinavian personal name Keikr + Old English wīc ‘dwelling specialized farmstead’.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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