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You will find here the history and genealogy of more than 500 surnames (and surname variants) in the English-speaking world - surnames that are either numerous in their number or notable in their narrative.  The surnames shown are mostly, although not exclusively, of English, Scottish, Welsh, or Irish origin.  

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Surnames beginning with: (choose a letter)

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Surname A

Adam	Ainsworth	Anderson	Archer	Astor
Adams	Allan	Andrews	Armstrong	Atkins
Adkins	Allen	Anson	Arnold	Atkinson

Surname B

Bacon	Barrie	Bentley	Borden	Browne
Bailey	Barry	Berkeley	Bourke	Bryan
Baillie	Bartlett	Bernstein	Bowles	Buck
Baker	Basset	Bird	Bradlee	Burden
Baldwin	Bassett	Blair	Bradley	Burdon
Banister	Beattie	Bliss	Brady	Burke
Bannister	Beatty	Bloom	Branson	Burns
Barclay	Beck	Boles	Brett	Bush
Barkley	Bell	Boon	Brooke	Butler
Barlow	Bennet	Boone	Brooks	Byrd
Barnes	Bennett	Booth	Brown	Byrne

 

Surname C

Cameron	Chalmers	Clay	Connolly	Cramer
Campbell	Chambers	Clinton	Connor	Craven
Carey	Chandler	Cohen	Connors	Crawford
Carnegie	Chapman	Cole	Cook	Crawfurd
Carpenter	Chisholm	Coleman	Cooke	Creamer
Carr	Chisolm	Coles	Cooper	Crow
Carson	Christie	Collins	Corbet	Crowe
Carter	Christy	Colman	Corbett	Crowther
Cary	Churchill	Connally	Corbitt	Cummings
Cassidy	Clark	Connelly	Cowper	Cummins
Cavendish	Clarke	Conner	Cox	Cunningham

Surname D

Daft	Dempsey	Dillon	Doherty	Drake
Daugherty	Dickens	Docherty	Dougherty	Driscoll
Davies	Dickin	Dodd	Dow	Duffy
Davis	Dickinson	Dodds	Doyle	Duncan

 

Surname E

Eardley	Edgar	Eliot	Ellis	Evans
East	Edwards	Elliott	Emerson	Everett

Surname F

Falconer	Fettiplace	Fletcher	Forsythe	Frazer
Farrell	Firestone	Forbes	Foster	Frazier
Faulkner	Fisher	Ford	Fox	Friedman
Ferguson	Fitzgerald	Forster	Franklin	Fry
Ferrell	Fleming	Forsyth	Fraser	Fuller

Surname G

Gallacher	Geary	Goodwin	Graham	Greene
Gallagher	Godwin	Goodyear	Grant	Grey
Gallaher	Goldberg	Gordon	Gray	Griffith
Gates	Goodman	Gould	Green	Griffiths

Surname H

Hall	Harries	Hayward	Hilton	Houston
Hamilton	Harris	Henderson	Hodge	Howard
Hammond	Harrison	Hepburn	Hodges	Howe
Hancock	Harvey	Herries	Hodgson	Hudson
Harden	Harvie	Hickey	Hoffman	Hughes
Hardin	Hawkins	Hickie	Holmes	Hunt
Harding	Hay	Higgins	Holt	Hunter
Harmer	Hayes	Hill	Hopkins	Huston

Surname I

Innes

Ireland

Irvine

Irving

Ives

Surname J

Jackson	Jardine	Jeffries	Jenner	Johnston
Jacobs	Jefferies	Jenkin	Jennings	Jones
James	Jefferson	Jenkins	Johnson	Joyce

Surname K

Kellogg	Kemp	Kerr	Knight	Kramer
Kelly	Kennedy	King	Knox	Kruger

Surname L

Larkin	Ledbetter	Levine	Lloyd	Long
Lawrence	Lee	Levy	Lofthouse	Loomis
Leadbetter	Lennon	Lewis	Lomas	Lummus
Leary	Levin	Lincoln	Lomax	Lynch

Surname M

MacCarthy	Mackintosh	Marriott	Mellon	Morgan
McCarthy	McIntosh	Marryat	Meredith	Morris
Macdonald	MacLaren	Marshall	Metcalf	Morrison
McDonald	McLaren	Martin	Metcalfe	Muir
Mackay	MacMahon	Mason	Middleton	Murdoch
Mackey	McMahon	Massey	Miller	Murdock
Mackie	Macmillan	Massie	Mitchell	Murphy
McKay	McMillan	Mathews	Molony	Murray
Mackenzie	Macy	Matthews	Moore	Myer
McKenzie	Maloney	Maynard	More	Myers

Surname N

Nash	Nelson	Newton	Nicolson	Norman
Neill	Newman	Nicholson	Nightingale	North

Surname O

O'Brien	O'Driscoll	O'Leary	O'Sullivan	Osborne
O'Byrne	O'Farrell	O'Neill	Oakes	Owen
O'Connor	O'Higgins	O'Reilly	Oliver	Owens

Surname P

Paine	Payne	Pettigrew	Pitts	Presley
Palin	Penn	Phetteplace	Polk	Pressley
Palmer	Pennington	Phelan	Pollock	Price
Parker	Perry	Philips	Porter	Probin
Parry	Pertwee	Phillips	Powell	Probyn
Pascoe	Peterson	Pitt	Pratt	Pryce

Surname Q

Quant

Quayle

Quigley

Quinn

Quirk

Surname R

Rathbone	Regan	Richards	Robinson	Roosevelt
Read	Reid	Richardson	Robson	Rosenthal
Reagan	Reilly	Riley	Rockefeller	Ross
Reed	Reynolds	Roberts	Rodgers	Rowe
Rees	Rhodes	Robertson	Rogers	Russell
Reese	Rhys	Robeson	Rooney	Ryan

Surname S

Sachs	Shapiro	Sheraton	Spencer	Steyn
Sainsbury	Sharp	Simpson	Starbuck	Stone
Saks	Sharpe	Sinclair	Stein	Sullivan
Sanders	Shaw	Smith	Stephens	Sutton
Saunders	Sheahan	Smyth	Stephenson	Swan
Savage	Sheehan	Snow	Stevens	Swann
Sawyer	Sheen	Spalding	Stevenson	Swift
Scott	Shelley	Spaulding	Stewart	Sykes

Surname T

Tait	Taylor	Thomson	Townsend	Turner
Tate	Thomas	Thorpe	Townshend	Tyler
Tattersall	Thompson	Todd	Tucker	Tyson

Surname U

Ullman

Underwood

Unsworth

Unwin

Upson

Surname V

Van Buren	Vanderbilt	Vaughn	Venables	Vincent
Vance	Vaughan	Venable	Vick	Vinson

Surname W

Wade	Ward	Waugh	White	Wolfe
Wainwright	Warner	Webster	Whitney	Wood
Walcott	Warren	Weinberg	Williams	Woods
Walker	Washington	Welles	Wilson	Woodward
Wallace	Watkin	Wells	Witherspoon	Wren
Walsh	Watkins	West	Wolcott	Wright
Walton	Watson	Whelan	Wolf	Wyatt

Surname X

No surnames selected.

Surname Y

Yardley

Yates

Yeats

York

Young

Surname Z

No surnames selected.

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