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This category is for surnames that are derived from toponyms. For example, the surname Cowley is derived from a number of places in England that are named ...

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13 нояб. 2009 г. · Over half of all English surnames used today are derived from the names of places where people lived. This type is known as a locative surname. ...

Locative surnames are amongst the oldest hereditary surnames, some dating back to the twelfth century or even the eleventh, and many more to the thirteenth.

SURTEES, similarly, is a toponymic name (Reaney's second option), in which the locative preposition de has been dropped. DELAHOOKE is a modern invention. The ...

10 мар. 2023 г. · Some examples of patronymic English surnames are Davidson (the son of David) and Richardson (the son of Richard).

27 апр. 2023 г. · Place names account for nearly one half of English surnames, but a smaller proportion in Scotland and Ireland, whilst in Wales they are rare.

The place names themselves derive from Old English anne "alone, solitary" or ansetl "hermitage" and leah "woodland, clearing". Ainsworth English Habitational ...