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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
Keach		Keech, a mass, a lump
Keel		A low, flat-bottomed vessel
Keeler		One who manages barges and vessels
Keen		Bold, eager, daring
Keith		Lands in Banffshire, Scotland
Kemble		Campbell
Kemphall		The soldiers' quarters
Kempshall		The soldiers' quarters
Kempton		The camp town; place of the army
Keys		Keyus, an old Roman word for a warden or keeper
Kid		A young goat
Kidder		A dealer in corn, provisions, and merchandize
Kimble		Campbell
Kirkland		church land
Kirwan		A corruption of O'Quirivane
Kitson		son of Christopher or Kit
Kitts		son of Kit or Christopher
Knight		admitted to the privilege of bearing arms
Knightley		Knight, and ley, a place or field
Knoll		The top of a hill
Knowles		The top of a hill

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