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Bristow


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Origin Of The Surname Bristow

Meaning Of The Surname Bristow

From the Town with the Meeting Place on the Bridge

Interesting Facts About Bristow

Bristow is a locational surname coming from any of the places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. 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. The place name itself comes from the Old English ‘brycg’ meaning bridge, combined with ‘stow’ which means meeting place.

Bristow Statistics

Bristow is the number 1439 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 6,672 share the surname Bristow in the UK.

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