Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
An analysis of the geography of Welsh surnames commissioned by the Welsh Government found that 718,000 people in Wales, nearly 35% of the Welsh population, have a family name of Welsh origin, compared with 5.3% in the rest of the United Kingdom, 4.7% in New Zealand, 4.1% in Australia, and 3.8% in the United States. A total of 16.3 million ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Welsh origin" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Surnames of Welsh language origin. Add this category following the {{ Surname }} template on articles or {{ R from surname }} template on redirects. Surnames of Welsh language origin.
Pages in category "Anglicised Welsh-language surnames" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
Another is Walsh (Irish: Breatnach), meaning Welsh. In areas where certain family names are extremely common, extra names are added that sometimes follow this archaic pattern. In Ireland, for example, where Murphy is an exceedingly common name, particular Murphy families or extended families are nicknamed, so that Denis Murphy 's family were ...
The name has many variations and a few derivations, mainly as a result of the difficulty in representing the initial double-L for non-Welsh speakers and the translation of the Welsh diphthong wy. [1] Lloyd is the most common form of the name encountered in the modern era, with the Welsh spelling Llwyd increasingly common in recent times.
It is a common surname among those of Welsh ancestry. [1] At the time of the British Census of 1881 , [ 2 ] its frequency was highest in Radnorshire (38.2 times the British average), followed by Brecknockshire , Herefordshire , Monmouthshire , Flintshire , Shropshire , Denbighshire , Glamorgan , Carmarthenshire and Worcestershire .