Last name: WEDGWOOD
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WEDGWOOD : This last name is indexed 26,012 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
WEDGWOOD : English: habitational name from Wedgwood in Staffordshire. The placename probably means ‘the wedge-shaped wood’ from Old English wecg ‘wedge’ + wudu ‘wood’.
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