THERE is perhaps room for a new history of British surnames since Bardsley and Harrison published their works on the subject. Mr. Ewen has given his history a wider scope than Bardsley and has brought ...

Looking into the origin of Black surnames reveals a very complex narrative. The cliché is that African enslaved people didn’t have surnames until they gained freedom, and then they took the name of ...

Although Wales is part of Great Britain and the United Kingdom, and it has many surnames in common with the English, its history of surname adoption is radically different from that of England. The ...

From current constitutional monarchies to ancient dynasties that have lasted for hundreds of years, these powerful royal last names are full of gravitas. Explore the famous and lesser-known royal ...

Surnames are the strongest historical tie we have to our ancestors. Though there might be plenty of mystery surrounding less popular last names, they tend to traditionally come from one of the ...

A newly compiled list has identified 35 surnames that may be traced back to some of Europe’s most powerful royal and aristocratic families. The names range from the instantly recognisable Windsor to ...

Many of us are keen to delve into our ancestry, family history, and potential relatives. The era of laboriously combing through heritage records and census data is over, thanks to various online ...