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Origin: The origin of the name Coppock is Irish/Scottish.
Surnames: Coppock
Submitted by: Adam Coppock

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Origin: Christopher Columbuses real name is Cristobal Colon. The name is pronounced exactly like cologne and has an accent over the second o. The folklore of the name is that the white man found it too difficult to pronounce colon so it became Columbus. Colon is of Spainard descent and is linked heavily to the Puerto Rican people.
Surnames: Colon, Columbus
Submitted by: Amanda Colon

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Origin: Ireland
Surnames: Redmond, Dwyer, O'Dwyer, Magee, Coghlan, Coglin, Coughlin, Coglan, Coughlan, Shields, Malone
Submitted by: Arthur C Redmond

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Origin: England as far as I know my great-grandfather(Bathurst Cooper ?-1921) moved here (Canada) in the late 1800s.
Surnames: Cooper
Submitted by: Blake Cooper

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Origin: The surname came from the middle counties of Ireland. It is one of the oldest surnames in Ireland dating back to the old Irish kings. Depending where you are in Ireland it can mean the fisher folk, the most dependable or the ones who leave a mess behind. It is a very common name in both the middle and northern counties.
Surnames: Coigley, O'coigley, O'quigley, Quigley, Quigleye
Submitted by: Bob Quigley

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Origin: According to the geneology written by John M. Comstock of California in 1949, the name Comstock is a place name. Its derivation undoubtedly traces to a village in Devonshire, England, called Culmstock which is located on the River Culm some ten miles east of Tiverton and an equal distance south of Taunton. In the year 1900 this village had a population of 869, which is about the same number that resided there in the time of the Domesday Book, wherein the village is mentioned as Colmstocke. This information and more can be found in his book privately printed for the author by the Commonwealth Press Inc., LosAngles, California.
Surnames: Comstock
Submitted by: C. Bowen

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Origin: The Scott name originated from the northern region of Ireland. Ancient Scotland was invaded and conquered by this clan and it is said that they fought 'naked and painted blue'. They became the oldest clan in Scotland and they have some of the more colorful histories and legends of the Border Rievers.
Surnames: Scot, Scott, Scotti
Submitted by: Cheryl Buckingham-Scott

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Origin: It is my understanding that Endicott is an old English name originally indicating the family that lived in the cottage at the end of the lane, hence 'Endicott'.
Surnames: Endecott, Endicott
Submitted by: Connie Endicott

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Origin: Believed to be Old French (who came across to England in 13th Century). Cop - meaning high or top; Page - being page in the court. Alternatively: Cop from cup, and page giving the page who served the wine.
Surnames: Coppage, Cuppage
Submitted by: Coppage

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Origin: In my family history the surname Coates originated from the Isle Of Man in the UK.
Surnames: Coates.
Submitted by: Debra Coates conroy.

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Origin: According to J. G. Fucilla (an authority on surnames) the possible origins of the surname is that it is found to be originally classed as a nickname for someone with a defect of the eyes, such as a one eyed man or someone with a squint, so called in Latin 'Malo' meaning as a sickness and 'Ochi' meaning eye.?The Magliocco's are accounted among the ancient Barons and feudal lords of the Kingdom of Naples.? In 1589 Nicola Giacoma Magliocco, Doctor of Laws, claimed the rights of his family to the privileges of the nobility. The Magliocco's also belonged to the noble classes of Frosinone. In 1718 Guilio Magliocco was one of the Priors in the council of the city of Frosinone. There is still a large concentration of Magliocco's to be found in the province of Frosinone to this day. ? The name can also be found in Siracusa (Sicily) in reasonable numbers. The Magliocco's who settled in Ireland are all from the village of Casalattico in the province of Frosinone.
Surnames: Magliocco
Submitted by: Dominic Magliocco

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Origin: The surname originated in Northern Ireland and has many variants.
Surnames: Comaskey, Comiskey
Submitted by: Fiona Hair

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Origin: Culver was originally Colver and from England. It is a type of pigeon so the original Colvers were probably keepers of pigeons. Several sources say that all Culvers are descendents of Edward Colver, a Puritan who came to Boston in 1635 on the same boat as Winthrop, later governor of Rhode Island. He married Ann Ellis who was also born in England. Edward helped found Mystic, Conn. and most of the family stayed in that area for several years, eventually migrating throughout the country, but at first to New Jersey, Vermont, New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Some researchers feel that some Culvers are descended from Edward's brothers who emigrated to Ireland and then their descendents came to the U.S. Several genealogy books have been written about the Culver family.
Surnames: Colver, Culver
Submitted by: Gretchen Culver Fritz

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Origin: This name originates in Co. Clare, Ireland.
Surnames: Considine
Submitted by: Jan Blank

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Origin: Swedish or Belgian.
Surnames: Scohy
Submitted by: jdarsses

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Origin: In doing my research I have found the Corbin name is possible french in origin.
Surnames: Corbin
Submitted by: Jeff Corbin

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Origin: Conan is a celtic name which can still be found prominently in Ireland, Wales, and England. The family has a strong unbroken history with many!!!!!! direct descendants in the USA and throughout the world. Conan is the original with the T being added approx 500-600 yrs ago. The Conants have a prominent history and much info can be found.
Surnames: Conan, Conant
Submitted by: Jennifer Conant

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Origin: Italian, americanized from SCORDOMAGLIA and SCORDAMAGLIA
Surnames: Scardina, Scardino, Scordamaglia, Scordomaglia
Submitted by: JOE SCARDINA

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Origin: The English surname Biddlecombe derives from Bittiscombe a hamlet in the parish of Upton in Somerset, England about 1180. The manor house still exists, and is the home of the Upton churrch warden.
Surnames: Biddlecombe
Submitted by: Keith Biddlecombe

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Origin: Leonine. Of the zone that is contiguous with Asturias. Very extended by all the peninsula. A branch happened to Chile and Venezuela.
Surnames: Blanco
Submitted by: Maria Jose Castro Garcia

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Origin: It is most commonly believed that the name Marcotte is derived from the French verb 'marcotter.' To 'marcotte' is a technique by which a branch of a tree is made to sprout its own roots before being detached from the mother plant. Such 'marcotting' is a process employed in vineyards, for example. The late Father Jean Marcotte, a Capuchin monk and primary genealogist of the Marcotte families suggested in his Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Marcotte that there may also be some link to the name Margot. Father Jean Macotte reported that F?camp archivist Jean LeMaitre (also a Marcotte descendant) notes that a monk named Hughes Margot was sent to King Harold of England, by William the Conqueror to seek a compromise, prior to the Norman invasion of England. The failure of that mission led to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The relevance of this information is that William the Conqueror (the Duke of Normandy), upon landing in England made his encampment in the friendly territory of the Norman Monks of F?camp, who held land near Hastings (click here or here to view source). According to the midieval historian Robert Wace (writing in the mid 1100s) Hughes Margot was one of these F?camp monks. F?camp, of course, is the city of ancestral oriMichael Erskine
Surnames: Marcotte
Submitted by: Michael Erskine

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Origin: The name started with descendants of King Kanute/Canute. When they came over from England the name got retranslated with the regional accents. William Cornett is the one that started in the United States. I have more history on it if you are interested. I have done some research on King Canute, who turns out to be a very honorable King and was mentioned in William Bennett's Book of Virtues.
Surnames: Canute, Cornett, Cornette, Kanute
Submitted by: Nina L. Gosser

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Origin: The name is Conk in the U.S. back to the 1700's- early 1800's, where it was Conck (in the U.S. and Nova Scotia, Canada) then it probably was Conk before that. The earliest I have is a christening in 1577 in England for a Conk. It isn't linked to the U.S. Conk/Conck's yet, but I believe the very few English Conk's I've found in England will link with the U.S. Conk's, as the given names are the same as our earliest given names (I don't know how logical that is, maybe just coincedence). I have also come across a few Konk and Konck which I think may be the same family, I'm checking into that.
Surnames: Conck, Conk
Submitted by: Sandee Conk Roberts

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Origin: Scottish; gaelic from the French word Columba or Columbo. Means a caretaker of doves or a person of a peaceful, gentle disposition. Also religious as dove is symbol of the holy spirit.
Surnames: McCollum
Submitted by: Soaring Eagles

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Origin: The first person believed to be known as Cox was a man that served under William the Conqueror 1066. His name was Walter de Chilworth. He reminded his friends of a rooster because of the way he fought in battle so they nicknamed him Walter le Cock, which means Walter the Cock and they called his children little Cocks. Supposedly all Cox's have Walter as a common ancestor and all variations of the spellings are supposed to mean on and the same.
Surnames: Cox
Submitted by: Theresa Cox

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Origin: Mother-in-law advises that the name Coonce was originally O'Coonce. Nothing further to provide.
Surnames: Coonce
Submitted by: Will Gaefcke

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Origin: Kouklakis originated from the island of Crete in Greece, specifically in the western county of Apokoronas, village of Kefalas. In North America, the name was frequently shortened to Kouklis, Cooklis or Cookles. There are a few Greeks named Kouklis who are not immediately related nor from Crete.
Surnames: Cookles, Coukles, Kouklakis, Koukles, Kouklis
Submitted by: Chris Kouklis

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Origin: German, oldest known mention is in Malchin, Mecklenburg about 1450.
Surnames: Cobernus, Cobernuss, Kobernuhs, Kobernus, Kobernuss, Kobernusz, Kubbernuss, Kubernuhs, Kubernus
Submitted by: George Kobernus

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Origin: Dropping the tail off the high german Y results in an I. My great grandfather, Hinrich Cyriacks, upon immigrating to Wisconsin from the Bremen area of Germany in the 1870s allowed his name to be spelled Ciriacks, thus beginning the largest extant branch of the family going back to the 3rd century A.D. He has more than 400 descendents. The original name, either Cyriac, Cyriacus, Quiricus or Cyriax, depending upon whether Latin, Greek, or ancient German is used, is Greek and may have meant DEDICATED TO THE LORD when initially used around 2000 years ago.%0a%0aSee an example of the high german spelling at http://ciriacks.cyriac-fhp.com%0a%0a%0a
Surnames: Ciriack, Ciriacks, Cyriacks, Cyriaks, Cyriax, Cyriacus, Ciriaco, Cyriakus, Kyriacou, Quiriaco, Zirjacks
Submitted by: Ben Ciriacks

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Origin: Johannes Jakob Koppenhoffer (b. 27 NOV 1705)arrived in Phildelphia, Pennsylvania with Palantines aboard the ship 'Robert and Alice' September 11, 1738. Settled in Earl Township (New Holland), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Jacob emmigrated from Mechesheim, Baden, Germany. Married Elizabeth Catharina Weider on 03 Jul 1736 in Germany. Children immagrated to Shennandoah Valley, Virginia, Greenbrier and Nicholas Counties in West Virginia, with descendants in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Name was changed by children to Copenhaver.
Surnames: Copenhaver, Koppenhoffer
Submitted by: David L. Copenhaver Sr.

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Origin: My understanding of the origins of the Corson name begins in Italy. Around the late 1200s Queen Dougaville brought an Italian Architect called Corsini to Scotland to design Sweetheart Abbey[built abt 1296], He stayed on in Scotland and hence the Corson name started. Corsini to Corsane to corson, with other variants included.
Surnames: Carsan, Carson, Corsan, Corsane, Corson
Submitted by: John L Corson

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Origin: its a french name. my line came from 3 brothers abraham, david, john emanual, came from france to new jersey in middle to late 1600s.
Surnames: Coryell, Coirell, Koriell, Coryal, Koryal
Submitted by: l e wissel jr

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Origin: English. The prominent New England family, from which came the first governor of Mass., were family of John Endecote.
Surnames: Endecote, Endicott, Endecott, Endecoat
Submitted by: Jeff Scism

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Origin: Cozby is an English place name for the man who came from the so-named location in Leicestershire, derived from Cossa (an Old English given name) + Old Norse byr = farm, settlement.
Surnames: Cozby, Cosby, Cosbie, Causby
Submitted by: Steve Cozby

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Origin: Colgan is Gealic for swordsman
Surnames: Colgan, McColgan
Submitted by: Simon Colgan

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Origin: Comes from Viking name 'Thorketill', meaning 'Thor's Kettle'. Thought to be from clans Gunn or McLeod.
Surnames: McCorkle
Submitted by: Jason McCorkle

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Origin: Robert,his son Melzar b.1817 KY -Melzars wife Elizabeth Jane Gee, their son Wm. David b. 1867 Grundy Co MO. m Alice Marlin Their dtr was Lena Grace Cole b. 1892 St. Clair Co MO married James Alfred Winn.
Surnames: COLE
Submitted by: Virgnia Winn Parker

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Origin: Jacob Jacobus (Jacobys, Jacobi) came to the US from Prussia or Hungary in the 1800's and lived in Buffalo NY before moving to Cleveland Ohio. Relatives include Nathan in Buffalo, William in Cleveland, and Fred in Denver.
Surnames: Jacobus
Submitted by: Carol Helmink Jacobus