NAME.....SURNAME ORIGIN
JENKINS........ English ~
TORRES...: Spanish, Portugese
BURNS......... Scottish, English ~
NELSON...: Irish
CLINTON........ English ~
COLLINS...: Gaelic
SCHROEDER: German~
EISENHOWER...: German
BUTLER: English, Irish~
LEHMANN...: German, Swiss
NICHOLAS...: English, Welsh, French ~
TURNER...: English ~
CUNNINGHAM...: Scottish
WERNER: German, Dutch, Scandinavian ~
BUSH.......... English ~
PAWLOWSKI,,,;Polish
PERRY..English, French ~
HENDERSON....English, Scottish
LAMBERT...English, French~
KELLY,,,,Irish
OLSON............. Scandanavian~
JOHNSON...: English
ADAMS...: Hebrew ~
BARNES...: English, Scottish
KENNEDY...: Irish, Scots Gaelic~
PHILLIPS...: Greek
DICKSON...: English ~
ROBERTS...: Welsh, German
WILLIAMS...Norman ~
DAVIS..English, Welsh
DAVIDSON ..: English, Welsh, Scottish, French, Portuguese, Czech, and Jewish
EDWARDS ,,,: Saxon ~
HARTMANN ...: German
MITCHELL ,,,: English, Irish, Scottish ~
FORD ,,,: English
LINCOLN ...: English ~
WILSON : English, Scottish
GRANT ...: Scottish ~
DIAZ,,Portugese, Spanish
along with their origins there are meanings to the names too, Each surname has derived from names, places, people and even objects.
I have been compiling our family tree..and so far Ive dated the Cunninghams back to the 1600's, we also emmigrated to America and came back..twice!
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SallyF
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Mar 5 @ 5:02PM
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My family name is Markham----from a small village in England/Scotland, depending on the year. Apparently there were many boundary adjustments in the 600's onward. So, am I of English or Scottish descent??????
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CHARLIgurl1
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Mar 5 @ 5:06PM
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Markham
English: habitational name from a place in Nottinghamshire, named in Old English as ‘homestead at a (district) boundary’, from mearc ‘boundary’ + ham ‘homestead’
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john49887
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Mar 5 @ 5:46PM
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NELSON...: Irish I always thought Willie was from Texas!  
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justlkn853
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Mar 5 @ 6:26PM
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Hood....I can be under or over...jk, charlie
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CHARLIgurl1
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Mar 5 @ 6:33PM
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Hood
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Hud ‘descendant of Ud’, a personal name of uncertain derivation. This was the name of an Ulster family who were bards to the O’Neills of Clandeboy. It was later altered to Mac Hud .
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gunn12fan
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Mar 5 @ 6:34PM
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Gunn (my last name) is from Scotland. So i guess that makes me scottish. 
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mordru
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Mar 5 @ 6:35PM
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Powell welsh origin i believe
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CHARLIgurl1
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Mar 5 @ 6:39PM
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Gunn
Scottish: name of a clan associated with Caithness, derived from the Old Norse personal name Gunnr (or the feminine form Gunne), a short form of any of various compound names with the first element gunn ‘battle’
So it seems it goes way back to the Clans of Scotland..and before that Norse connections!.
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CHARLIgurl1
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Mar 5 @ 6:41PM
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Powell
This surname is extremely common in Wales and has also spread throughout England and Ireland. The first recorded occurrence of the surname in its modern form is Roger ap Howell, alias Powell, named in a lawsuit in 1563. He was the grandson of Howell ap John (d. 1535). Snelling Powell, born in Carmarthen, Wales, in 1758, came to America in 1793 and was a successful actor and theater manager in Boston. Later members of the family include the novelist Anthony Powell (b. 1905
yep youre right! Welsh! 
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kattsmeow
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Mar 5 @ 7:15PM
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Curtis/Foley I know one of them is Welsh.
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CHARLIgurl1
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Mar 5 @ 7:22PM
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Foley
Irish: (southern) reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Foghladha ‘descendant of Foghlaidh’, a byname meaning ‘pirate’, ‘marauder’.
Irish: (northern) Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Searraigh (see McSharry), chosen because of its phonetic approximation to English foal.
Curtis
English: nickname for a refined person, sometimes no doubt given ironically, from Old French, Middle English curteis, co(u)rtois ‘refined’, ‘accomplished’ (a derivative of Old French court, see Court 1).
English: from Middle English curt ‘short’ + hose ‘leggings’, hence a nickname for a short person or one who wore short stockings. This nickname was borne by William the Conqueror’s son Robert, but it is not clear whether it has given rise to any surnames.
Altered form of French Courtois.
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justlkn853
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Mar 5 @ 7:23PM
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I knew I was part Irish, got Indian descendents...her name, Morning Glory...
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CHARLIgurl1
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Mar 5 @ 7:24PM
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Im signing out now.. anyone whod like a meaning to their name.. mail me and Ill send it on  
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vettman454
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Mar 5 @ 8:06PM
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hmm, that makes me wonder.. I got a neighbor who's name is Fudrucker.. and I am afraid to ask where it came from.
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cartay25
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Mar 5 @ 8:32PM
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My Taylor ancestors came from Ulster Ireland and I have Smith ( Schmidt ) from way back in Prussia ( Germany now ) and many others I have traced to Wales, England and France. I have Lady Godiva as a GGGG???? Grandma. 
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leprichaun_magic
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Mar 5 @ 9:34PM
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..yes Foley ,is Irish
..I think most surnames that end in "S"..are from Wales..
jenkins
lewis.jones...Williams..
as well as .Powell..also a line of Doctors...Dalrymple..
the names beginning Mc or Mac,, are usually Irish or scottish [means ..son of]
interesting blogg charli:)
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loreal
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Mar 5 @ 10:24PM
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Thank you!
I will be Looking up a few myself!
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mystery2u888
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Mar 5 @ 10:41PM
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hey girlie.......always good information.........that you give.........and soo very interesting.....  
 xoxo
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