Last Name EDWARDES

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Meaning	The son of Edward. It is curious thing to note that Richardsons, Williamsons, and Harrisons exist in much higher numbers than Edwardson when compared to teh shorter versions of the names. The sorter Edwards has monopolized everything. Yet Williams, Richards, and Harris have not been put down by their longer brethren.

Origin	English, Irish

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...