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North


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Origin Of The Surname North

Meaning Of The Surname North

From the North

Interesting Facts About North

North is thought to have been of locational use. Traditionally, locational surnames were given to a person who moved to a new town, where the townspeople assigned the name of their old residence as a surname to differentiate them. North would have been given to a person who had moved significantly south. Alternatively it could have been used to describe a person who lived at the most northern point in a town.

North Statistics

North is the number 754 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 12,874 share the surname North in the UK.

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