Root is a surname, and may refer to:
Walker is an English and Scottish surname.
Gordon is a surname with multiple origins, especially Scottish. The masculine given name Gordon is derived from the surname.
Holmes is an English-language surname with several origins.
Jennings is a surname of early medieval English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
John Marshall (1755–1835) was Chief Justice of the United States.
Kent is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Sharpe is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Burgess is a surname of English origin, having derived from the French word “Bourgeois” meaning citizen, or freeman of the borough. Notable people with the name include:
Burrows is an English surname, and may refer to:
Kirby is a surname of Scandinavian then Irish and English origin. Names ending in 'by' are Nordic like the place names in Sweden such as Visby, Hellingsby etc. The Irish surname is an anglicisation of Ó Ciarmhaic, is Kerwick, while the English surname is from the Old Norse "kirkja" + "býr" meaning "church" + "settlement". Notable people with the surname include:
Howell is a surname and given name originating from Wales. It is an anglicised form of the Welsh name Hywel. It originates in a dynasty of kings in Wales and Brittany in the 9th and 10th-centuries, most notably king Hywel Dda and three Welsh royal houses of that time onwards. The royal House of Tudor was also descended from them. Today, nearly 200,000 people bear this surname.
Sweeney is a surname that is of Irish origin, derived from the Gaelic Mac Suibhne meaning "son of Suibhne". The Gaelic personal name Suibhne was originally a byname meaning "pleasant" or "well-disposed" and is associated with Clan Sweeney.
Jackson is a common surname of Scottish, Irish and English origin eventually becoming a common American surname also. In 1980, Jackson was the 24th most common surname in England and Wales. In the 1990 United States Census, Jackson was the thirteenth most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.3% of the population.
Jefferson is a surname of English origin. Deriving from Middle English 'Geffreyson' in the Medieval ages. Notable people with the name include:
Burnett is a Scottish surname. It is derived from a nickname from the Old French burnete, brunette, which is a diminutive of brun meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete, a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown colour.
Solomon is a masculine given name and surname of Hebrew origin, popularized by the biblical figure Solomon, Israelite monarch and son of David. The name is derived from the Latin Solomōn, borrowed from the Ancient Greek Solomṓn (Σολομών), ultimately from the Hebrew Šĕlōmō (שְׁלֹמֹה). It is derived from the Semitic root Š-L-M (ש-ל-ם), which translates to "whole, complete" which is also the basis of the word Shalom.
Hartley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Curtis or Curtiss is a common English given name and surname of Anglo-Norman origin, deriving from the Old French curteis which was in turn derived from Latin cohors. Nicknames include Curt, Curty and Curtie.
Belcher is an English surname of Norman origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Sawyer is an English surname originating in the occupation of sawyer, who is someone who saws wood. Notable people with the surname include: