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Locality P Surnames Family History Resources

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
Pangbourn		Locality	A town in Birkshire, England
Paris		Locality	The metropolis of France
Parrett		Locality	From Peraidd, Welsh, the sweet or delicious river, now the Dee
Parsall		Locality	Park-hall
Parshall		Locality	Park-hall
Paxton		Locality	town of Paxton, in Berwickshire, Scotland
Payne		Locality	Payne, in Normandy
Pedin		Locality	Pedn, Cornish British, is a hill
Peebles		Locality	shire of Peebles, in Scotland
Peele		Locality	A tower, a castle, a spire, a steeple
Pelham		Locality	Pelham, in Hertfordshire, England
Pendleton		Locality	The summit of the hill
Peney		Locality	A town in Savoy
Pennington		Locality	the manor of Pennington, in Lancashire, England
Percey		Locality	family of Percy, of Northumberland, England
Percy		Locality	family of Percy, of Northumberland, England
Perrigo		Locality	Perigeau, a town in France
Perrott		Locality	From Peraidd, Welsh, the sweet or delicious river, now the Dee
Pevensey		Locality	village in Sussex, England
Pickering		Locality	A market town of north Yorkshire, England
Pickersgill		Locality	stream inhabited by pike or pickerel
Pierce		Locality	family of Percy, of Northumberland, England
Piercy		Locality	family of Percy, of Northumberland, England
Playfair		Locality	The play ground, a place where fairs were held
Pleasants		Locality	a suburb of the city of Edinburgh
Polley		Locality	Poilley, in the province of Orleans, France
Pollock		Locality	Pollock, in Renfrewshire, Scotland
Poole		Locality	A town in Dorsetshire, England
Poulton		Locality	the town of Poulton, in Lancashire, England
Pressley		Locality	shrubs, brushwood
Preston		Locality	town in Lancashire, England
Pringle		Locality	Prencyll, a hazel-wood, from pren, Welsh, a wood, and cyll or coll, hazel

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