Bath Family History

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Bath Name Meaning

English: habitational name from the city of Bath in western England, which is the site of sumptuous, but in the Middle Ages ruined, Roman baths. The place is named with the dative plural of Old English bæð ‘bath’. In some cases the surname may have originated as a metonymic occupational name for an attendant at a public bath house. Scottish: reduced and altered form of McBeth. German: variant of Bathe. Indian (Panjab): Sikh name based on the name of a Jat clan.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Bach, Batt, Bathe, Rath, Beth, Gath, Fath, Beath, Barth, Vath

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Bath Ethnicity Estimate

What are the common regions with the Bath name?

These results combine data from everyone in the AncestryDNA® database with the last name Bath. The Ancestry® ethnicity regions shown are top five most common on average for these people.

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  • England & Wales

    53%

  • Ireland & Scotland

    16%

  • Germanic Europe

    8%

  • Southern Asia

    4%

  • Eastern Europe & Russia

    3%

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Bath Family Origin

Where is the Bath family from?

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You can see how Bath families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Bath family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Bath families were found in the UK in 1891. In 1891 there were 301 Bath families living in London. This was about 14% of all the recorded Bath's in the UK. London had the highest population of Bath families in 1891.
Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Bath surname lived. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations.

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Bath Family Occupations

What did your Bath ancestors do for a living?

In 1881, the most common Bath occupation in the UK was Farmer. 5% of Bath's were Farmers. A less common occupation for the Bath family was Labourer. Farmer, Agricultural Labourer and Coal Miner were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Bath.

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  • Farmer

    5%

  • Agricultural Labourer

    4%

  • Coal Miner

    3%

  • Labourer

    3%

Census records can tell you a lot of little known facts about your Bath ancestors, such as occupation. Occupation can tell you about your ancestor's social and economic status.

Bath Historical Records

What Bath family records will you find?

Census Record

There are 66,000 census records available for the last name Bath. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Bath census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.

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Passenger List

There are 10,000 immigration records available for the last name Bath. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Draft Card

There are 8,000 military records available for the last name Bath. For the veterans among your Bath ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Bath Life Expectancy

What is the average Bath lifespan?

Between 1945 and 2004, in the United States, Bath life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1956, and highest in 1999. The average life expectancy for Bath in 1945 was 54, and 75 in 2004.

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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your Bath ancestors lived in harsh conditions. A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family. The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates, death dates, addresses and more.

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