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Webster

in Maine

There are 660 people with the last name "Webster" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

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Webster 275
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  1. is 271st most common Doucette
  2. is 272nd most common Long
  3. is 273rd most common Fowler
  4. is 274th most common Violette
  5. is 275th most common Webster
  6. is 276th most common Elliott
  7. is 277th most common Dionne
  8. is 278th most common Harriman
  9. is 279th most common Graham

Most Common First Names for Webster

David, Robert, Richard, John, William, Peter, Susan, Donald, Lisa, Mary

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 (1782–1852), 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.

Recent Searches for "Webster" in Maine

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David Webster, ME (9 searches)
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