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Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,330 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent.. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic, Lithuanian and Latvian surnames), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
Pages in category "Surnames of Norman origin" The following 106 pages are in this category, out of 106 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Anquetil;
Anglicisation of non-English-language names was common for immigrants, or even visitors, to English-speaking countries. An example is the German composer Johann Christian Bach, the "London Bach", who was known as "John Bach" after emigrating to England.
Lawson Johnston family (5 P) Legge family (29 P) Lennox family (37 P) Le Strange family (1 C, 24 P) Leveson-Gower family (4 C, 71 P) Livingston family (1 C, 247 P) Loder family (7 P) Loftus family (22 P) Long family of Wiltshire (55 P)
Common places used as surnames include Dibra, Laci, Shkodra, Prishtina, Delvina, Koroveshi and Permeti, as well as the famous Frasheri surname of the Frasheri family. Additionally common some names indicate regional origins: Gega/Gegaj (for one of Gheg origin ), Tosku/Toskaj (signifying Tosk origin) and Chami (for Cham origin ).
List of the most common surnames in Germany. Data updated to 12 February 2021. [1] [2] [3] Müller, occupation ( miller) Schmidt, occupation ( smith) Schneider, occupation ( tailor) Fischer, occupation ( fisherman) Weber, occupation ( weaver) Meyer, occupation (originally a manorial landlord, later a self-employed farmer)
This name seems to originate from a time when ordinary people were still not using surnames in the modern way. A native Cornishman who had left Cornwall for another part of Britain or Ireland was given the name "Cornish", i.e. the Cornishman. In "A Dictionary of British Surnames", P.H. Reaney (1976), the following entries and dates are to be ...