What's in a name? An awful lot, according to a group of British researchers who have analyzed the origins of more than 45,000 surnames. The six-year project is the most comprehensive study of names ...

Roots of 50,000 Irish and British last names were uncovered as part of the “The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland” published in 2016. A name can tell you a lot about a person, ...

The name Campbell is traditionally understood as entirely Scottish in origin. However, both the Campbell name and dynasty have their roots in Ireland, particularly in the province of Ulster.

In most societies, surnames are inherited in the same way as the male-specific region of the Y chromosome, which creates a correlation between the two. However, several factors will decrease this ...

University researchers have revealed the origin of more than 45,000 surnames - from Cambridge and Dawkins to Vardy and Warburton - in a four year study that could change the way some families view ...

Farah, Twelvetrees and Li are amongst the 8,000 family names explained for the first time, alongside corrections to previous explanations such as Starbuck and Hislop. A four-year study, led by a team ...

Last names or surnames offer information on ancestry, occupation, geography, and even social standing. In several countries, certain surnames have gained such a majority that they are representative ...