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English

in Tennessee

There are 820 people with the last name "English" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

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English 928
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  1. is 924th most common Guthrie
  2. is 925th most common Noe
  3. is 926th most common Carey
  4. is 927th most common Preston
  5. is 928th most common English
  6. is 929th most common Hankins
  7. is 930th most common Ownby
  8. is 931st most common Camp
  9. is 932nd most common Newsom

Most Common First Names for English

James, John, Robert, Charles, David, Mary, William, Donna, Michael, Sandra

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 Tennessee

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James English, TN (9 searches)
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