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Makefield Family History

Makefield Surname Meaning

From Makerfield (Lancs), an alternative name for the Domesday hundred of Newton, now part of West Derby hundred. The place-name is recorded as Macrefeld in 1121 and Makefeld in 1206.

It may derive from an earlier place-name from a British word related to Welsh magwyr ‘wall ruin’ + Old English feld ‘open country’.

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


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You can see how Makefield families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Makefield family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most Makefield families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there was 1 Makefield family living in Ayrshire. This was 100% of all the recorded Makefield's in Scotland. Ayrshire had the highest population of Makefield families in 1891.
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