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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
Nab			the summit of a mountain, the top
Napier			from taking charge of the king's napery or linen at the coronation of English kings
Nash			Naish, a place near Bristol, England
Naylor			A maker of nails
Neal			Neil
Neilson			son of Neil or Nel
Nelson			son of Neil or Nel
Nelthrope			Nehwl, Gothic for near or nigh, and thorpe, a village
Ness			A cape or promontory
Noakes			at the oak
Noble			Great, elevated, dignified
Nokes			at the oak
Norman			A native of Normandy, a northman
Norris			Norroy, or north-king
Nowell			Noel
Noyes			Noy is an abbreviation for Noah
Nye			abbreviation of Isaac

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