North

in North Carolina

There are 401 people with the last name "North" in North Carolina.

Ranking in North Carolina

Name	Rank
North	2,565

is 2,561st most common Babb
is 2,562nd most common Bruner
is 2,563rd most common Epley
is 2,564th most common Kenney
is 2,565th most common North
is 2,566th most common Posey
is 2,567th most common Colson
is 2,568th most common Cruse
is 2,569th most common Hays

Meaning & History

North

English: topographic name, from Middle English north ‘north’, for someone who lived in the northern part of a village or to the north of a main settlement (compare Norrington 1), or a regional name for someone who had migrated from the north. Compare Norris 1.

Irish: regional name for someone from Ulster, the northern area of Ireland, in part as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ultaigh (see McNulty) or (in Westmeath) of Ultach.

German: from a short form of a Germanic personal name composed with a cognate of Old High German nord ‘north’.