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  • ROWLAND

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2009 Map shows 1881 census distribution of the name in England & Wales.

  • QUINNEY

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 16, 2009 Map shows 1881 census distribution of surname in England & Isle of Man.

  • PUGSON

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2009 Map shows 1881 census distribution of the name - restricted to a narrow area of the North Midlands.

  • POTTER

    12 members Latest Activity: Jul 30, 2017 General forum for discussions on this surname.

  • PORTMAN

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2009 OE 'portmann' - A townsman or portmann, one of the body of citizens chosen to administer the affairs of a borough. Name has a focussed origin in the…

  • Irish MINNIS Families

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2009 Some family members in Ireland today may have the name MENNIS, perhaps also MINNISS or MINNESS. One possible origin of the name is from the Ulster…

  • LOWNEY

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2009 General forum for discussions on this Irish surname.

  • LEES

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2009 Family name likely to originate from 'leah' - dweller by wood or clearing. In the UK, the focus is the English Midlands and southern Scotland.

  • KYTE

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2009 Family name likely to originate from KYTE or KEAT(S), probably from Middle English, likely to denote a herdsman.

  • KNIGHT

    7 members Latest Activity: Jan 31, 2014 General forum for discussions on this surname.

  • KETTLEBY

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2009 The family name comes either from the nearby villages of Kettleby (North Lincs., now in South Humberside east of Scunthorpe) or Eye Kettleby (near…

  • HUDSWELL Family Name

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2009 Name derived from the village of Hudswell, near Richmond, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

  • HODDER

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2009 General forum for discussions on this surname.

  • HIGGS

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2009 General forum for discussions on this surname. Map shows 1881 census distribution of name in England & Wales.

  • HEPWORTH

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2009 A family name derived from the village of Hepworth in West Riding of Yorkshire.

  • HAWTHORN / HAWTHORNE

    2 members Latest Activity: Oct 17, 2011 General forum for discussions on this surname.

  • HARRIMAN / HARRYMAN

    2 members Latest Activity: Jul 8, 2010 General forum for discussions on this surname.

  • HARE

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2009 The name can have several meanings from "rapid & timid" (like a hare), to do with hair (typically as in a beard) or "a dweller on stony ground".

  • HARDING

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2009 The family name is derived from the English patronymic meaning "son of the brave" or "hardy one", which in turn is derived from the first name Heard,…

  • FREAK Family name

    1 member Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2009 The family name comes from the Old English "freca" for man, warrior.

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