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Furlong
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Origin Of The Surname Furlong
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Meaning Of The Surname Furlong
From the Town a Furlange Away
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Interesting
Facts About
Furlong
Furlong is thought to come from the medieval word ‘furlange’ which was a term used to describe a measurement of about an 8th of a mile. It is thought that this would have been the name of a settlement this distance away from a significant town. It is therefore believed that the surname comes from an extinct town, and would have been used as a locational surname. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. |
Furlong Statistics
Furlong is the number 1616 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 6,396 share the surname Furlong in the UK.
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