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  2. Category:Surnames of English origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Surnames of British Isles origin. It includes Surnames of British Isles origin that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.

  3. Category:English-language surnames - Wikipedia

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    Surnames of English origin (3 C, 721 P) L. ... Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,354 ...

  4. Category:Surnames of British Isles origin - Wikipedia

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    Surnames of Welsh origin (2 C, 81 P) Pages in category "Surnames of British Isles origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 384 total.

  5. Category:Surnames of Old English origin - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Surnames of Old English origin" The following 84 pages are in this category, out of 84 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  6. English surnames of Norse origin - Wikipedia

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    Much of the north of 9th century England was occupied by Norse invaders, who left behind descendants with Norse surnames. Norse invaders ruled much of northern England, in the 9th and 10th centuries, and left English surnames of Norse origin in the area now called the Danelaw.

  7. Cornish surnames - Wikipedia

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    Kendall - Of Norman English origin, an established gentry family occupying the manors of Pelyn and Treworgy who have resided in Cornwall since the fourteenth century. Rowe – of Norman origin, the name became popular in the region following large-scale Norman settlement. It remains a common surname in Cornwall. Tangye – of Breton origin. [8]

  8. Fitz - Wikipedia

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    Its use during the period of English surname adoption (following the Norman conquest) led to its incorporation into patronymic surnames, and at later periods this form was adopted by English kings for the surnames given some of their recognized illegitimate children, and by Irish families when anglicizing their Gaelic patronymic surnames.

  9. Lewis (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Lewis is a surname in the English language. It has several independent origins. It has several independent origins. One of the origins of the surname, in England and Wales, is from the Norman personal name Lowis , Lodovicus .