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  2. Edwards (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Edwards is a patronymic surname of English origin, meaning "son of Edward".Edwards is the 14th most common surname in Wales and 21st most common in England. [1] Within the United States, it was ranked as the 49th-most common surname as surveyed in 1990, [2] falling to 51st in 2014.

  3. Edwardian era - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In the United Kingdom, the Edwardian era was a period in the early 20th century, that spanned the reign of King Edward VII from 1901 to 1910. It is commonly extended to the start of the First World War in 1914, during the early reign of King George V. The era is dated from the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901, which marked the end ...

  4. Category:Noble families of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Lawson Johnston family ‎ (5 P) Legge family ‎ (29 P) Lennox family ‎ (1 C, 18 P) Le Strange family ‎ (1 C, 24 P) Leveson-Gower family ‎ (4 C, 71 P) Livingston family ‎ (1 C, 247 P) Loder family ‎ (7 P) Loftus family ‎ (23 P) Long family of Wiltshire ‎ (56 P)

  5. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    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).

  6. VP-Elect Kamala Harris Kept Her Last Name. Here's Why ... - AOL

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    Finally. The working mom is an emblem of the 21st century. Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris didn’t change her last name after marrying her husband Douglas Emhoff, and it's kind of a big deal ...

  7. Surname - Wikipedia

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    A surname, family name, or last nameis the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal namethat indicates one's family. [1][2]It is typically combined with a given nameto form the full nameof a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name.

  8. Category:Surnames - Wikipedia

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    Category:Surnames. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Surnames. For convenience, all surnames should be included in this category. This includes all surnames that can also be found in the subcategories. Look up Category:Surnames in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Articles in this category are concerned with surnames (last names in Western ...

  9. Wimshurst machine - Wikipedia

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    The Wimshurst machine or Wimshurst influence machine is an electrostatic generator, a machine for generating high voltages developed between 1880 and 1883 by British inventor James Wimshurst (1832–1903). [citation needed] It has a distinctive appearance with two large contra-rotating discs mounted in a vertical plane, two crossed bars with ...