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Origin Of The Surname English

Meaning Of The Surname English

English

Interesting Facts About English

This surname comes from the Old English word ‘Englisc’ which means ‘English’. The name was given to people to differentiate them from the Saxons. Nowadays this name is equally distributed throughout the country however then it was first introduced into the UK it was most commonly found in the Northern areas of the country as these regions had the least percentage of Normans.

English Statistics

English is the number 478 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 20,350 share the surname English in the UK.

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