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Barclay


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Origin Of The Surname Barclay

Meaning Of The Surname Barclay

From The Town By The Birch Wood

Interesting Facts About Barclay

Barclay is a locational surname which originates from Berkeley, the name of a few town found throughout Britain. It comes from Old English and means ‘Birch Wood’ and so the towns were so called because of being located next to a birch wood. Locational surname were given to people who moved from their original town and to a new one, where as a stranger they were assigned the name of their previous town to distinguish them.

Barclay Statistics

Barclay is the number 576 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 16,720 share the surname Barclay in the UK.

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