The Select Surname Site


What's in a name?  More than you might think.  Each surname carries an individual history that has been shaped by all the forebears of that name.  In palmistry, the left hand usually tells you what you are born with, the right hand what you made on your life.  So too with family genealogy.  Word origin and DNA will provide a starting point.  But the history and events over time can give these names their distinctive characteristics and traits.      

This site contains some more select surnames to be found in the English-speaking world.  Simply click on the surname of your choice below.

Site Map: Select Surnames

Ainsworth Carnegie Firestone Lawrence Pennington Thorpe
Andrews Carr Ford Leary Pettigrew   
Townsend
Anson Carson Goldberg Lennon Phelan
 Ullman      
Arnold Chambers
 Goodman Levine Presley Underwood
Astor Chandler Goodyear Levy Quant Unsworth
Atkinson Cole
 Gordon Lincoln Quigley Unwin
Barclay Cummings Hammond Lloyd Quirk
 Vance
Barry
 Cunningham Hayes McIntosh Regan Vanderbilt
Beattie
 Dickens Hodgson McLaren Reilly Venables
Beck Dickinson Howe McMillan Rhodes Vick
Bentley     
Dillon Hunt Mellon Rockefeller Walton
Bernstein Dodd Innes Middleton Rosenthal Watkins
Bird Doherty Ireland       
Morrison Shapiro
 Waugh
Boone Duncan Irvine Norman Sharp
 West
Brady East Ives North Sheehan Whelan
Branson Edgar
 Jeffries O'Leary Sinclair
 Whitney
Brooks Emerson Jennings O'Reilly Stevenson Wolfe
Buck Everett Kemp Oliver Stone Woodward
Burke Faulkner Kerr Payne        
Sutton
 Yates
Bush Fettiplace Knight
 Penn
 Tate York

If your surname does not appear on this list, you may find it at the select surname index which contains more than 500 surnames.  

We welcome any suggestions or thoughts you might have on the site.  Just click on the email address shown and send us your message.   Enjoy the site!

Colin Shelley

nottshell@btinternet.com