Webster

in Iowa

There are 476 people with the last name "Webster" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

NameRank
Webster 554
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  1. is 550th most common Cochran
  2. is 551st most common Francis
  3. is 552nd most common Kaiser
  4. is 553rd most common Kirkpatrick
  5. is 554th most common Webster
  6. is 555th most common Byers
  7. is 556th most common Duffy
  8. is 557th most common Fletcher
  9. is 558th most common Dykstra

Most Common First Names for Webster

James, William, David, Donald, Robert, Jessica, Daniel, Jason, John, Linda



Meaning & History

English (chiefly Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Midlands) and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, early Middle English webber, agent derivative of Webb.

FOREBEARS The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (d. 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, in about 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656.Daniel Webster (17821852), politician and orator, was born in Salisbury, NH, a descendant of Thomas Webster, a prominent 17th-century citizen of Ipswich, MA, whose family had settled there around 1635, while he was still a child.


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