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References
- 1 2 Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. pp. 1492, 1509. ISBN 9780192527479.
- ↑ "How common is your last name?". Newsday. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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