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Origin Of The Surname Elder
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Meaning Of The Surname Elder
Older
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Interesting
Facts About
Elder
Elder would have originally have been used to distinguish an older member of the family who shared their first name with a younger member. For example, between father and son. A son may have been named after his father and to avoid confusion, one may have been referred to as elder and the other junior. Senior was also used in this way and is another that then became a hereditary surname. |
Elder Statistics
Elder is the number 1352 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 7,790 share the surname Elder in the UK.
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