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Haddock Name Meaning

English:: variant of the Lancashire surname Haydock a habitational name from a place so called near Liverpool which is probably named from Welsh heiddog ‘characterized by barley’. from the Middle English personal name Addoc a pet form of Old English Æddi (itself perhaps derived from one of the names in ēad ‘wealth prosperity’) with prosthetic H-. from Middle English hadduc ‘haddock’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller or a nickname for someone supposedly resembling the fish.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Paddock, Hancock, Maddock, Hadlock, Baldock, Haddon, Braddock

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Where is the Haddock family from?

You can see how Haddock families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Haddock family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Haddock families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1911 there were 57 Haddock families living in Ontario. This was about 50% of all the recorded Haddock's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Haddock families in 1911.
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What did your Haddock ancestors do for a living?

In 1921, Farmer and Teacher were the top reported jobs for men and women in the Canada named Haddock. 69% of Haddock men worked as a Farmer and 67% of Haddock women worked as a Teacher. Some less common occupations for Americans named Haddock were Labourer and Farmer. .

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Top Male Occupations In 1921

  • Farmer
    69%
  • Teacher
    11%
  • Laborer
    11%
  • Labourer
    11%

Top Female Occupations In 1921

  • Teacher
    67%
  • Farmer
    34%
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Census Records

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Passenger Lists

There are 185,000 immigration records available for the last name Haddock. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in Canada, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 8,000 military records available for the last name Haddock. For the veterans among your Haddock ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Haddock lifespan?

Between 1944 and 2004, in the United States, Haddock life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1948, and highest in 2000. The average life expectancy for Haddock in 1944 was 35, and 72 in 2004.

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