Last name: WATERWORTH
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WATERWORTH : This last name is indexed 13,581 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
WATERWORTH : English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name from Middle English water ‘water’ + ward ‘guard’ probably for an officer in charge of an area of water. All the early examples occur on the banks of Martin Mere a large freshwater lake (now drained) in western Lancashire.
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