Northamptonshire Surnames

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BUSWELL

This variant of Boswell is common across Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.

DRAGE

This name may originally derive from Drage near Hamburg in Germany.

DUNKLEY

According to britishsurnames.co.uk, out of every million people in the UK, approximately 93 are named Dunkley.

LETTS

In 1881 the registration districts of Northampton St Sepulchre and Long Buckby were hotspots for Letts.

LINNELL

Roughly a quarter of all of the Linnells who were recorded in the 1891 census were living in Northamptonshire at the time.

PANTER

This was an occupational name for a servant in charge of the supply of bread.

STARMER

Nearly half of all of the Starmers who were recorded in the 1891 census were living in Northamptonshire, with significant spikes in Cosby and Kettering.

TARRY

This surname derives from the Norman personal name Therry.

WESTLEY

This Anglo-Saxon surname derives from the Old English word leah, which meant a grove or clearing.