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long Origin and Immigration
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Origin: My own surname is from Derbyshire, England, the earliest being in the late 1700s.
Surnames: Longman
Submitted by: William Longman
Origin of long, Meaning of long
Origin: Furlong originated with the distance measurement of furlong now only used in horse races. The Irish Furlongs came over with Strongbow who aided MacMurrough's attempt to conquor all of Ireland. In reward for their services, MacMurrough promised them land in Wexford and Waterford.
Surnames: Furlong
Submitted by: judy picard
Origin of long, Meaning of long
Origin: forlong, (de) forlonge in England, NZ and elsewhere
Surnames: forlong
Submitted by: John Thorpe
Origin of long, Meaning of long
Origin: The origin of Longobucco surname belongs to Calabria, Province of Italy. It is also a comune of Calabria in Italy.
Surnames: Longobucco
Submitted by: Ricardo
Origin of long, Meaning of long
Origin: Reference: Dr. George Redmonds "Origin of Surnames". The name ROEBUCK is English and derives from the name of the male ROE BUCK deer found in England. For further information see my web page.
Surnames: ROEBUCK/HAGUE/HAIGH/HAYNIE/HUFFMAN/MILLS/HINES/HICKS/HIX/LONG/DEKALB
Submitted by: Betsy Roebuck
Origin of long, Meaning of long
Origin: Longsword
English origin means a long sword
Surnames: Longsword
Submitted by: glitz
Origin of long, Meaning of long
Origin: Longfield
Olde English origin means long field
Surnames: Longfield
Submitted by: glitz
Origin of long, Meaning of long
Origin: of the long probally from the area around the long river in france
Surnames: relong
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Origin of long, Meaning of long
Origin: the langerbein or langbein changed there to longerbeam when they moved in to the usa from germany.
Surnames: longerbeam
Submitted by: debbie kenney longerbeam
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