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English

in North Carolina

There are 1,810 people with the last name "English" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
English 575
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  1. is 571st most common Padgett
  2. is 572nd most common Snow
  3. is 573rd most common Faulkner
  4. is 574th most common Patrick
  5. is 575th most common English
  6. is 576th most common Barbee
  7. is 577th most common Childers
  8. is 578th most common Newsome
  9. is 579th most common Blankenship

Most Common First Names for English

James, David, John, William, Charles, Robert, Michael, Edward, Elizabeth, Linda

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 North Carolina

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James English, NC (9 searches)
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