What is the origin of your surmame/last name?

Jewish , I go by a new one now though since my mom remarried .

 

English/Scottish

 

Its Irish... and very Irish-sounding. I like it. Its unique and haven't met anyone outside my family who has my name yet. :lol:

 

Goes back to Merry Olde England. And is supposed to mean something like "of humble origin". So no blue blood in these veins. :lol:

 

I believe it is of Spanish origin.

 

Scottish/Irish. It means Gypsy or traveller. My people were not good.

 

I believe we've traced it back to Scottish/Welsh. We think our first ancestors with our last name may have been Catholics shipped here on a boat (they didn't want Catholics here much either).

 

It is one of those vaguely "John-derived" names, it is also more common as a first name than a surname. Celtic origins. It was my paternal grandmother's maiden name.....(fortunately when my paternal grandfather knocked her up he did the decent thing and abandoned her....I would not have enjoyed going through school with that surname! )

 

Italian. It's the best!

Edit: Woah, just forgot I haven't changed my last name to my moms yet, my current last name is Jewish and nobody knows how to pronounce it.

 

It's Italian I guess but I have no idea what the hell it means. It's not very common

 

Mine is mainly German and English.

 

England when the vikings invaded, so.. Norse?

 

English but apparently the name goes back to the vikings.