Suffolk Surnames

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ALDOUS

This East Anglian name comes from the Middle English female personal name Aldus.

BLOWERS

This occupational surname relates to workers who operated bellows in smithies.

ELLISTON

This variant of Elston is most common in Suffolk.

FISK

In 1881 this name appears frequently in Eyke, Ipswich and Lowestoft.

GARNHAM

Suffolk was home to about 40 per cent of all of the Garnhams recorded in the 1891 census.

GARROD

Derived from the Norman personal name Gerald, this surname is common in Suffolk and Norfolk.

GODBOLD

This comes from the Germanic personal name Godebald meaning both ‘good’ and ‘courageous’.

GRIMWOOD

This surname also traces it origins back to a Germanic personal name, in this case Grimward.

LAST

In 1881 Ipswich St Clement had the most Lasts.

NEWSON

This is the most common Suffolk variant of a number of related habitational surnames.