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Moffat


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Origin Of The Surname Moffat

Meaning Of The Surname Moffat

From the Town with the Long Field

Interesting Facts About Moffat

Moffat is a Locational surname from Scotland. 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 is made up of the Gaelic words ‘magh’ meaning an area of field and ‘fada’ meaning lengthy. The place name therefore means ‘the long field’.

Moffat Statistics

Moffat is the number 1400 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 7,657 share the surname Moffat in the UK.

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