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English

in New Jersey

There are 952 people with the last name "English" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

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English 710
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  1. is 706th most common Parisi
  2. is 707th most common Huber
  3. is 708th most common Irizarry
  4. is 709th most common Mora
  5. is 710th most common English
  6. is 711th most common Goodwin
  7. is 712th most common Glover
  8. is 713th most common Maguire
  9. is 714th most common Albanese

Most Common First Names for English

James, John, Robert, Edward, William, Michael, Thomas, David, Christopher, Richard

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.

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