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White is a surname either of English or of Scottish and Irish origin, the latter being an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic MacGillebhàin, "Son of the fair gillie" and the Irish "Mac Faoitigh" or "de Faoite". It is the seventeenth most common surname in England. In the 1990 United States Census, "White" ranked fourteenth among all reported surnames in frequency, accounting for 0.28% of the population. By 2000, White had fallen to position 20 in the United States and 22nd position by 2014
Lucas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Miles is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adams is a common surname of English and Scottish origin, meaning "son of the soil (Adama)". Variations include Addams, McAdam and MacAdam.
Haley is an English surname. It is based on a place name derived from Old English heg "hay" and leah "clearing or meadow",
Knight is an English surname.
Lowe is a surname. Notable persons with that name include:
The surname Young has several origins.
Kelly is a surname in the English language. The name has numerous origins, most notably from the Ui Maine. In some cases it is derived from toponyms located in Ireland and Great Britain, in other cases it is derived from patronyms in the Irish language.
Fox is a surname originating in England and Ireland. The derivation is from the Middle English "fox", itself coming from the Old English pre 7th century "fox". The surname first appears on record in the latter part of the 13th century, with the first recorded spelling in 1273 to be that of John Fox in the "Hundred Rolls of Yorkshire", England. In Ireland, Fox is mainly a translation of the Old Gaelic "Mac a'tSionnaigh".
Hudson is an English surname. Notable people and characters with the surname include:
Crosby is an English, Scottish, and Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Singleton is a surname. People with the surname include:
Hartley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Norris is an English surname. In some cases it is derived from the Middle English norreis, noreis, norais; and the Anglo-Norman French noreis. In such cases the surname derived from elements meaning "northerner", and referred to people from Norway, and northern England and Scotland. In other cases, the surname is derived from the Middle English personal name Norreis, which is in turn derived from norreis. In other cases the surname is derived from the Middle English norice, nurice; and the Old French norrice, nurrice. In such cases, the surname is derived from elements meaning "nurse", "foster parent".
Holloway is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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- ↑ Harrison, Henry (1969). Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. Vol. 2. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 308.
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