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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 ...
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Welsh is a surname from the Old English language given to the Celtic Britons. The surname can also be the result of anglicization of the German cognate Welsch . [ note 1 ] Welsh is a popular surname in Scotland .
Jones is a surname of English and Welsh origin derived from the personal name Jone (a variant of John) and the genitive ending -s. [1] It is particularly common in Wales, where it represents an anglicization of the Welsh patronymic ap Siôn .
The term for water sprites in Welsh is morgans. [2] In Ireland, Morgan is an anglicised form of Irish Gaelic Ó Muireagáin meaning 'descendant of Muireagán', a clan who were lords of Teffia in County Westmeath and County Longford. [3] Clan Morgan is the designation for the Mackays of the Reay Country and the surname is also found in ...
Vaughan and Vaughn are surnames, originally Welsh, though also used as a form of the Irish surname McMahon. [1] Vaughan derives from the Welsh word bychan, meaning "small", and so corresponds to the English name Little and the Breton cognate Bihan. The word mutates to Fychan (Welsh:) an identifier
Howell (/ ˈ h aʊ ə l / HOW-əl, Welsh:) is a surname and given name originating from Wales.It is an anglicised form of the Welsh name Hywel.It originates in a dynasty of kings in Wales and Brittany in the 9th and 10th-centuries, most notably king Hywel Dda ("Howel the Good") and three Welsh royal houses of that time onwards.
Welch is a surname that comes from the Old English word welisċ, meaning ‘foreign’ (from walhaz).. It was used to describe those of Celtic or Welsh origin. Welch and another common surname, Walsh, share this derivation.