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English

in South Carolina

There are 1,104 people with the last name "English" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

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English 457
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  1. is 453rd most common Manning
  2. is 454th most common Burke
  3. is 455th most common Cohen
  4. is 456th most common Rowe
  5. is 457th most common English
  6. is 458th most common Godfrey
  7. is 459th most common Summers
  8. is 460th most common Wagner
  9. is 461st most common Joyner

Most Common First Names for English

James, John, David, Robert, William, Elizabeth, Carolyn, Mary, Melissa, Charles

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 South Carolina

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James English, SC (9 searches)
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