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Last name: Free. SDB Popularity ranking: 2618. Recorded in several spelling forms including: Fry, Frye, Fray and Free, this interesting English surname has two possible sources.
Last name: Search. Recorded in a confusing number and different spellings including Sarch, Sarge, Sarkes, Search, Serck, Searight, Seawright, Serick, Surriidge, Surrage and others, this is an ancient medieval English surname, which derives from an early grouping of personal names.
Last name meaning Black: This very old and famous surname, equally popular in Scotland and England, has at least two possible origins, the first being a nickname given by the invading Angles and Saxons to the native Celts and Britons who were darker-haired and darker-skinned than themselves...
Recorded in over fifty different spellings including Brand, Brands, Brandt, Braund, Brando, Brann, Braun, Bront, and many others, it is regarded as German, English and French. It usually derives from the male given name Brando, a short form of popular compound personal names such as Hildebrand.
Last name: Green. SDB Popularity ranking: 9. Recorded in the spellings of Green and Greene, this is one of the most widespread of English, and sometimes Irish, surnames. It is usually of pre 7th century origins, and derives from the word "grene" meaning green.
Last name: Allen. SDB Popularity ranking: 29. This distinguished surname with more than fifty heraldic Coats of Arms granted to nameholders, and having several notable entries in the British 'Dictionary of National Biography', is equally widespread in England, Scotland and Ireland.
Last name: Brandenburg. SDB Popularity ranking: 8382. Recorded as Brandenburg, Brandenberg and Brandenberger (German) and Brendenbourg (Luxembourg), this is a famous and noble surname of Prussian-German origins.
Last name: Chapman. SDB Popularity ranking: 475. This ancient, popular, and very important surname is of Olde English, German and Anglo-Saxon pre 5th century origins.