Last name: WARDLAW
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WARDLAW : This last name is indexed 22,094 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
WARDLAW : Scottish: probably a habitational name from Wardlaw in Kirkhill Inverness which is recorded as Wardelaue in 1202 or perhaps Wardlaw in Ayrs. However the possibility that the Scottish family is related to the Wardlow family of Wardlow (Derbys) cannot be ruled out. The placenames derive from Old English weard ‘watch’ + hlāw ‘mound hill’.
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