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Mortimer


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Origin Of The Surname Mortimer

Meaning Of The Surname Mortimer

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Interesting Facts About Mortimer

Mortimer is a surname of ultimately French origins, and would have been brought to Britain by invading Normans. It comes from France where it was used as a locational surname, from the place Mortimer. 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 surname would have been brought to Britain by the Normans and then spread.

Mortimer Statistics

Mortimer is the number 1148 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 9,080 share the surname Mortimer in the UK.

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