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English

in South Dakota

There are 54 people with the last name "English" in South Dakota.

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Ranking in South Dakota

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English 1,848
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  1. is 1,844th most common Coon
  2. is 1,845th most common Crowe
  3. is 1,846th most common Diedrich
  4. is 1,847th most common Emerson
  5. is 1,848th most common English
  6. is 1,849th most common Feistner
  7. is 1,850th most common Friese
  8. is 1,851st most common Gilman
  9. is 1,852nd most common Hildebrandt

Most Common First Names for English

Doug, Douglas, Gil, John, Paul, Rich, Rosalie, Alfred, Alison, Ann

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 Dakota

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Doug English, SD (6 searches)
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