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Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname	Origin	Meaning
Gano	Locality	Welsh, genau, an opening of a lake, river, dale or valley
Garnet	Locality	Garnedd, Welsh, a tumulus; an ancient place of Druid worship
Garrison	Locality	A place where troops are stationed
Garry	Locality	A town in Scotland
Gaston	Locality	Gastein, a town in Bavaria
Gates	Locality	Gate, in Scotland, means a road or way
Gavet	Locality	A town in Savoy or Dauphiny, an old province of France
Geddes	Locality	Gaeta, a town of Italy
Getty	Locality	Gaeta, a town of Italy
Gihon	Locality	Gien or Gihen, a town of France, in the province of Orleans
Gill	Locality	A valley or woody glen
Gillan	Locality	A town in Scotland
Girdwood	Locality	The green wood
Girvan	Locality	the river and town of Girvan in Ayrshire, Scotland
Glanville	Locality	A house or castle on the shore of a river or the sea
Glentworth	Locality	Glyn, a valley, and worth, a habitation, dwelling, or farm
Gliston	Locality	the shining hill, the mineral or mica hill
Gloucester	Locality	the city of Gloucester, England
Glouchester	Locality	the city of Gloucester, England
Goadby	Locality	the Danish word Gode, that is, good, fair, rich, fine, and by, the Danish for a town
Goring	Locality	A battle field
Goudy	Locality	Gouda, a town in the Netherlands, in South Holland
Grasse	Locality	a town in Piedmont, France
Greely	Locality	Greilly, in France
Green	Locality	The green hill
Greenough	Locality	The green hill
Grimsb	Locality	A borough in Lincolnshire, England
Gurney	Locality	the town of Gournay, in Normandy

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