The number of Welsh surnames of Celtic origin is relatively low. Family names "arrived" late there, and, despite alleged occurrences as early as the fifteenth century, the practice of combining given name with surname was not general until the mid-eighteenth century. This article will treat a ...
Welsh-Border Surnames from 'ab Edmond' According to the 19 th century writer Samuel Meyrick (1) , surnames did not develop in Wales and the Marches until the time of Elizabeth I. Before this period, names were used according to Welsh customs. We know that a lively Welsh language culture...
The languages of Wales and Ireland belong to the same family; they are both classed as living Celtic languages, along with Breton and Scottish Gaelic. ... In Wales, it's 16.3 per cent of the population speaking Welsh every day. While both languages originate from the same source, the writ...
Smith is one of the oldest surnames in the U.S., so perhaps it's no surprise that it's the nation's most common last name. In the 2010 Census, there were2.4 million instances of the surnamerecorded in the United States. After Smith, the next-most common names included Johnson (1.93 ...