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Matt L
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Just bin doing the filing at work and thinking back to the thread the other day
http://corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=502468

where the hell do peoples surnames come from? (ie where did they start)
cause i have seen my family tree (admittedly may not be 100% complete) but it just starts so where the hell did they get the surname from?
Nath
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My Family originate from Bedfordshire, and my surname is the same as a small village in the same county. So guessing mine has something to do with that.
Hammer
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'Mc' 'Mac' and 'O' all mean 'son of.....'
taylorboosh
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i have a last name
AndyKent
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My ancestors were Earls of Kent.







(probably).
Tom
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Traditionally it's to do with there occupation isn't it?

Baker
Miller
Mason
etc

Mine is part german I think
Neo
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In my family tree, if you look far enough back it goes to Norway. Surnames ussually came from jobs (hence why there are so many "smiths")

My surname probably came from a long boat drum man or something similar
Matt L
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god knows what job mine had but i think the first one was spanish/italian or that kind of country.
Ellis
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First name orginates in Wales, second name originates in Scotland - that's all I know!
mattk
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Mines Irish
Pablo
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Dutch - Lourensz
Neo
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt L
god knows what job mine had but i think the first one was spanish/italian or that kind of country.


The surname "L....." is the 3 223rd most common name in Great Britain.
3207 people share your name


This is amusing though:

http://surname.sofeminine.co.uk/w/surnames/surname-smith.html




It is locational and probably from a minor place called "L....." Wood in the county of Derbyshire, or possibly as a topographical name for one who lived in a valley filled with lime trees. The placename itself derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century elements "lind", meaning a lime tree, plus either "hop", generally translated as a small enclosed valley, but with the secondary meaning of a upper or higher valley branching out from the main dale. It is claimed that the name is first recorded in the 13th century when one Robert de "L....." was so recorded in the records of Derbyshire in circa 1245





[Edited on 12-06-2009 by Neo]
Matt L
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epic, I always though mine would be quite uncommon untill i met another matt l who lived next door to my aunt and uncle, and one of out clients have the same surname
Neo
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Amazing what you can find on the net. Just did a search for a few of mine. One relative is in a band called Go West And loads of them went to Kincardshire. Wont be completing anything this afternoon

[Edited on 12-06-2009 by Neo]
Pablo
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http://surname.sofeminine.co.uk/w/surnames/surname-lourensz.html
Dom
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Slessor, we're all originally from Aberdeen And i believe Mary Slessor is pictured on one of the scottish bank notes
Shane
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ive only ever met one other person that isnt in my family that has the surname Plater.
Neo
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quote:
Originally posted by Shane
ive only ever met one other person that isnt in my family that has the surname Plater.


http://surname.sofeminine.co.uk/w/surnames/surname-plater.html
AK
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my surname isnt common enough to register
Ojc
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Hitler.
mwg
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I think mine is fairly uncommon. Gleadow.
fir3vip3r
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my surnames shepherd......

its a tough one to figure out
noshua
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Mine were hairdressers
DC90
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COBAIN
Sorry, your search didn't return any results because we don't have enough data for this surname (nonexistent or less than 1300 records).

Please search again

Cobain isn't common nough aparently. *waits for "It came from Kurt*
sampayne21
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom
Traditionally it's to do with there occupation isn't it?

Baker
Miller
Mason
etc

Mine is part german I think



my last name is payne

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