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An analysis of the geography of Welsh surnames commissioned by the Welsh Government found that 718,000 people in Wales, nearly 35% of the Welsh population, have a family name of Welsh origin, compared with 5.3% in the rest of the United Kingdom, 4.7% in New Zealand, 4.1% in Australia, and 3.8% in the United States. A total of 16.3 million ...
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Welsh is a surname from the Old English language given to the Celtic Britons. The surname can also be the result of anglicization of the German cognate Welsch . [ note 1 ] Welsh is a popular surname in Scotland .
from Old Celtic bardos, either through Welsh bardd (where the bard was highly respected) or Scottish bardis (where it was a term of contempt); Cornish bardh cawl a traditional Welsh soup/stew; Cornish kowl coracle from corwgl. This Welsh term was derived from the Latin corium meaning "leather or hide", the material from which coracles are made ...
Surnames of Welsh language origin. Add this category following the {{ Surname }} template on articles or {{ R from surname }} template on redirects. Surnames of Welsh language origin.
The Welsh name is a cognate and near-homonym of the Irish name Eógan (pronounced, partially anglicised as Eoghan, as noted by Morgan and Morgan, among other spellings). [3] As such, the given name Owney is usually regarded as a diminutive of either Owen or Eoghan.
Principally a Welsh name, Morgan is derived from the Old Welsh personal name Morcant, which is of an uncertain origin. [1] In Wales, Morgan was a powerful Welsh family established c. 1330 by Morgan ap Llewelyn (son of Llewelyn ap Ifor, Lord of St. Clere, and Angharad, daughter and heiress of Sir Morgan ap Maredudd, Lord of Tredegar).
The name Lowis spread to England through the Normans. In the United Kingdom Lewis is most commonly associated with Wales, and is a common Welsh Patronym. The name developed as an Anglicised or diminutive form of native Welsh names such as Llywelyn. Among the earliest examples being the Lewis family of Glamorgan in the 1540s. [1] Other ...