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English

in Iowa

There are 186 people with the last name "English" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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English 1,788
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  1. is 1,784th most common Boeding
  2. is 1,785th most common Boge
  3. is 1,786th most common Cheney
  4. is 1,787th most common Conlon
  5. is 1,788th most common English
  6. is 1,789th most common Feddersen
  7. is 1,790th most common Fetters
  8. is 1,791st most common Frommelt
  9. is 1,792nd most common Greenlee

Most Common First Names for English

Mary, Thomas, Susan, James, Mark, Michael, William, Cliff, Judith, Marcus

Meaning & History

English: from Old English Englisc. The word had originally distinguished Angles (see Engel) from Saxons and other Germanic peoples in the British Isles, but by the time surnames were being acquired it no longer had this meaning. Its frequency as an English surname is somewhat surprising. It may have been commonly used in the early Middle Ages as a distinguishing epithet for an Anglo-Saxon in areas where the culture was not predominantly English—for example the Danelaw area, Scotland, and parts of Wales—or as a distinguishing name after 1066 for a non-Norman in the regions of most intensive Norman settlement. However, explicit evidence for these assumptions is lacking, and at the present day the surname is fairly evenly distributed throughout the country.

Irish: see Golightly.

Recent Searches for "English" in Iowa

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Mary English, IA (7 searches)
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