Last name: HOWARD
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HOWARD : This last name is indexed 856,595 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
HOWARD : William, son of Roger Fitz Valevine, took the name of Howard from being born in the Castle of Howard, in Wales, in the time of Henry I. Spelman derives Howard from Hof-ward, the keeper of a hall; Vestegan, from Hold-ward, the keeper of a stronghold; Camden, from Hoch-ward, the high keeper.
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