Last name: HAYWARD
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HAYWARD : This last name is indexed 253,567 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
HAYWARD : English:: 1: occupational name from Middle English hayward ‘keeper of the hedges and enclosures’ (Old English hēgweard) a manorial officer in charge of the common fields who protected corn and hay from cattle theft or damage and supervised the harvest.2: occasionally a variant of Howard.
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