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Question:Having never met my biological father or anyone in his family, I am just curious where in the world Chenoweths came about. Thanks in advance.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Having never met my biological father or anyone in his family, I am just curious where in the world Chenoweths came about. Thanks in advance.

They say it's Welsh, but that they lived in Great Britain. look it up yourself http://www.chenowethsite.com/chentret.ht...

i don't know

poland

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,
Chenoweth Name Meaning and History
Cornish: topographic name from the elements chy ‘house’ + noweth ‘new’.
hope this helps.

originally a place name from Scotland in Saxon Times was just outside Ullapool

Chenoweth Name Meaning and History
**Cornish: topographic name from the elements "chy" ‘"house"’ + "noweth" ‘"new".’So, basically, the name means "new house."

**--of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Cornwall, England; the Celtic language of Cornwall (extinct since 1800)