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The British Surnames Website | British Surnames, Surname Distribution and Surname Profiles
Welcome to the British Surnames website. Here, you can find information on similar surnames, most common surnames,
surname meanings and etymologies as well as discussing your name in the forum.
As the name suggests, this site primarily lists surnames commonly found in Britain, but many of these are found in
other parts of the world as well - so even if you're not British, your name could well be in here!
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Anon on BOLITHO
Bolitho is from Cornish language not the English language. It means "dwelling with dairies"
BOLITHO Summary Data
Steven L. Akins of that Ilk on AKINS
The surname Akins is a Scottish and northern Irish family name generally considered to be a variant of Aikens, which is assumed to be a patronymic form of the name [...]
AKINS Summary Data
Tim Tidey on TIDEY
I searched this name in my local library c. 10 or more years ago. The only meaning/origen I found was that it means "accomplished" "neat/Tidy" in that sense. Tidy being the same.
TIDEY Summary Data
anon on CURNOW
The meaning of this surname becomes clearer if it is de-anglicised. Curnow is an anglicised form of Kernow, the Celtic name for Cornwall. Thus the highest frequency of persons with [...]
CURNOW Summary Data
anon on MCKEOWN
McKeown means son of fisherman
MCKEOWN Summary Data
Alicia Canavan on QUINLIVAN
There are Quinlivans in the R.O.I, North of Ireland and also in the USA
My mother is a Quinlivan her Grandfather was Maurice F Quinlivan he was From Limerick [...]
QUINLIVAN Summary Data
Dennis Cowan on COWAN
The common suggestion is that the surname "Cowan" is a sept of the Colquhoun clan. However I believe that there is no connection there at all. Cowan is [...]
COWAN Summary Data
Noel Ponton on PONTON
The name Ponton appears in the "General The Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales" written by Sir Bernard Burke appeared for the first time in year 1.842. This book [...]
PONTON Summary Data
Susan Fell , maiden name Honeywell on HONEYWELL
Honeywell is an area near Islington in Devon, from which Honeywells in my family history derive
HONEYWELL Summary Data
Gillian Snedden on SNEDDEN
The surname Snedden may have its roots in the gardening profession. There is/used to be a snedd/ing tool that gardeners used. The men who worked with them were called snedden. [...]
SNEDDEN Summary Data
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sierra on your site does not work anyw
here I put my surname in it goes to other webpages please clarify.
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talderman on Pickhills
Would anyone like to take a stab at how this name Pickhills was derived? It would appear to be a singular name (with or without the 's') both in Britain [...]
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talderman on Pickhills family
I'm an Aussie who has spent the last couple of years (on and off) tracing my family. Originally I didn't think I was going to find anything, as both my [...]
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dc.chapman on Hellyar
This surname originates from Cornwall and means a quot;Roofer quot;, in Cornish.
Source: Cornwall County Record Office, Truro.
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hugh88kwgt on re trice amp;martin
Tree shows samuel martin 1820s gt gt grandfather] Alfred trice- matin[gt grandfather]1855-1926 one of six sons,Humphrey trice-martin[grandfather]1888-1932. around devon,cornwall,somerset,bath, clifton,blagbon
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