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Webster

in the US

There are 58,700 people with the last name "Webster" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Webster 393
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  1. is 389th most common Goodwin
  2. is 390th most common Wang
  3. is 391st most common Rios
  4. is 392nd most common Stevenson
  5. is 393rd most common Webster
  6. is 394th most common Brady
  7. is 395th most common Mcgee
  8. is 396th most common Reese
  9. is 397th most common Curry

Most Common First Names for Webster

James, Robert, John, David, William, Michael, Richard, Charles, Daniel, 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 the US

Since June 2009
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James Webster (543 searches)
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