Todhunter is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881 Todhunter Surname at Forebears, its relative frequency was highest in Cumberland (59.9 times the British average), followed by the Isle of Man, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Northumberland, Lancashire, Surrey, Essex, and County Durham.
A surname, family name, or last name is the portion of a personal name that indicates a person's family. Depending on the culture, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations based on the cultural rules.
The English people are a nation and an ethnic group native to England who speak the English language. The English identity is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Angelcynn. Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD. England is one of the countries of the United Kingdom, and the majority of people living there are British citizens.
Cumberland is a historic county of North West England that had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. It was bordered by Northumberland to the east, County Durham to the southeast, Westmorland and Lancashire to the south, and the Scottish counties of Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire to the north. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria.
Todhunter may also refer to:
Sir Charles George Todhunter was a New Zealand-born civil servant in British India.
Isaac Todhunter FRS, was an English mathematician who is best known today for the books he wrote on mathematics and its history.
John Todhunter was an Irish poet and playwright who wrote seven volumes of poetry, and several plays.
Clark is an English language surname, ultimately derived from the Latin clericus meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated. Clark evolved from "clerk". First records of the name are found in 12th-century England. The name has many variants.
Walker is an English and German surname derived from either a fuller, from the Middle High German walker, meaning "a fuller of cloth", or an officer whose duty consisted of walking or inspecting a certain part of a forest. The surname "Walker" was first found in Germany where records of the name date back to the thirteenth century. In 1253, Sigelo dictus Welkere was recorded in Weissenburg, and in 1209, Bruno Welkiner was a citizen of Cologne. The Walker Families of England are believed to originate from Yorkshire.
John Savage may refer to:
Cronin, the anglicisation of Ó Cróinín, is an Irish surname which originated in County Cork and is derived from the Old Irish word crón, meaning saffron-colored. The Cronin family have been prominent in politics and the arts in Ireland, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom since the nineteenth century.
Cooke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Myers is a(n) Dutch, English, and German origin surname. The English origin of the surname has multiple possible sources: Anglo-Saxon England, from the Old English word maire meaning "mayor", the Old French mire meaning "physician", or the Old Norse myrr meaning "marsh". The German origin of the surname Myers has the meaning "steward or bailiff," as in the magistrate of a city or town.
Truman is a surname of English origin, and may refer to
William Adams may refer to:
Mordaunt is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Ahern, also Aherne is an Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
MacDonnell, Macdonnell, or McDonnell is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin. It is an anglicized form of the Gaelic name "Mac Domhnaill", which means son of Donald. The name Donald or Domhnall is ultimately derived from the Proto-Celtic word elements dubno ("world") and val ("rule").The name is a variant other Clan Donald surnames such as Macdonald, McConnell and Donaldson.
Pattison is a surname that comes from North East England and Scotland, and may refer to
Wallace is a Scottish surname derived from the Anglo-Norman French waleis, which is in turn derived from a cognate of the Old English wylisc meaning "foreigner" or "Welshman". The original surname may have denoted someone from the former Kingdom of Strathclyde who spoke Cumbric, a close relative of the Welsh language, or possibly an incomer from Wales, or the Welsh Marches. The Kingdom of Strathclyde was originally a part of the Hen Ogledd, its people speaking a Brythonic language distinct from Scottish Gaelic and the English derived from Lothian. In modern times, in the 19th and 20th centuries, the surname has been used as an Americanization of numerous Ashkenazic Jewish surnames.
Kirby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Thompson is a patronymic surname of English and Scottish origin, with a variety of spellings, meaning "son of Thom". An alternative origin may be geographical, arising from the placename Thompson. Thom(p)son is the English translation of MacTavish, which is the Anglicised version of the Gaelic name of MacTamhais. During the Plantation period, settlers carried the name to Ireland. It is the 14th most common surname in the United Kingdom and 23rd most common in the United States. According to the 2010 United States Census, Thompson was the 23rd most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.23% of the population.
Blunt is a common surname of English derivation, meaning "blonde, fair", or "dull" A variety spelling is Blount.
Ridgway is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Hornby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Chatfield is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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