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Select Surname

You will find here the history and genealogy of more than 500 surnames (and surname variants) in the English-speaking world - surnames that are either numerous in their number or notable in their story line. The surnames shown are mostly, but not exclusively, of English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish origin.


The Select Surnames Website

What's in a name? More than you might think. Each surname carries an individual history that has been shaped by all the forebears of that name. In palmistry, the left hand usually tells you what you are born with, the right hand what you made on your life. So too with family genealogy. Word origin and DNA will provide a starting point. But the history and events over time can give these names their distinctive characteristics and traits.  The 100 names found on this site are not the most common. But each in its own way has its own style. Not quite like a clan perhaps. But definitely as a distinctive grouping with a shared history. The select names chosen here - of English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish origin

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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