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Webster

in Massachusetts

There are 1,372 people with the last name "Webster" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Webster 479
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  1. is 475th most common Small
  2. is 476th most common Dixon
  3. is 477th most common Comeau
  4. is 478th most common Madden
  5. is 479th most common Webster
  6. is 480th most common Gorman
  7. is 481st most common Melo
  8. is 482nd most common Goldstein
  9. is 483rd most common Caruso

Most Common First Names for Webster

Robert, David, John, Richard, Scott, Peter, William, Mary, Barbara, Daniel

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 Massachusetts

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Robert Webster, MA (9 searches)
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