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The most common surnames in modern Wales result from adding an s to the end of the name, as in Jones, Roberts and Edwards. Patronymic surnames with the short -s form are recorded in various parts of England dating back to the Middle Ages. As most Welsh surnames are derived from patronymics and often based on a small set of first names, Welsh ...
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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.
This article contains lists of the most common surnames in most of the countries of Europe, including Armenia, Kosovo, and five transcontinental countries but excluding five European microstates. Countries are arranged in alphabetical order .
The 2000 United States census provides a frequency of 0.50%, providing an overall rank of fifth most frequent with 57.7% White, 37.7% Black, 1.4% Hispanic, 0.9% Native American. [7] Jones was the fourth most common surname in the 1990 U.S. Census, behind only Smith, Johnson and Williams. [8]
No. Name Number of people Origin 1: Smith: 114,997: English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish 2: Jones: 55,679: Welsh, English, Scottish 3: Williams: 55,555: Welsh 4: Brown: 54,896
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This is a list of Welsh people (Welsh: rhestr Cymry); an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales.. Historian John Davies argues that the origin of the Welsh nation can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic or other Celtic languages seem to have been spoken in Wales since much earlier.