Where did your surname come from? Do you know how many people in the United States share it? What does it tell you about your lineage? From the editor of the hi

Where did your surname come from? Do you know how many people in the United States share it? What does it tell you about your lineage? From the editor of the hi

"This revised and expanded second edition of the Dictionary of American Family Names has been nearly eight years in the making. Thanks in large measure to the a

Provides a running account of the origin of the most common American family names, with special attention to the social conditions and customs surrounding the a