Here are the list of surnames and the earliest known locations:
This IS a work in progress!!
Abdul-Matin – New York | |
Abell – Meade County, Kentucky, USA | |
Abney – South Carolina, USA | |
Abshier – Arkansas City, Arkansas & Texas Co, Missouri | |
Acker – Pearlington, Hancock County, Mississippi | |
Acock – North Carolina, Colchester, Essex, Ontario, Canada | |
Adams – MD, Kingsville, Kleberg, Texas, & Colchester S. Twp., ON | |
Adonis – Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio | |
Afuwape | |
Albright – Lebanon, St Clair, Illinois | |
Alcock – Colchester, Essex, Ontario, Canada | |
Aldredge – Wicomico, Northumberland, Virginia | |
Alexander | |
Allder – Clarke County, Virginia | |
Allen – Missouri, Benton County, Arkansas | |
Allison – Montgomery, Kentucky, & Jefferson, Jefferson, Kansas | |
Alves – Fall River, Massachusetts | |
Ambler – Washington, District Of Columbia | |
Amie – Normanby, Grey, Canada West, Canada | |
Anderson – Ontario, Canada | |
Andrews | |
Ankers | |
Anthony – Georgia | |
Appleby | |
Archer – Georgia | |
Archie – Africa | |
Armstrong – Bedford, Westchester, New York | |
Arnold – Middleport, Meigs, Ohio | |
Arsensault – France | |
Asher – Otter Creek, Clay, Kentucky | |
Ashraf – Leicestershire, Rutland, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire | |
Atkerson – Webb City, Webb City, Jasper, Missouri | |
Atwell – Rushford, NY | |
Aubelin – France | |
Aucoin – La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France | |
Austin – Leighton, Colbert, Alabama | |
Ayers – Cheyenne, WY | |
Bacon – Georgia | |
Bagby – North Carolina | |
Bailey – Ontario | |
Bain – Emporia City, Lyon, Kansas | |
Baker – Liverpool, Lancashire, England | |
Baldwin – Indiana | |
Ball – West Virginia | |
Banner – Clear Creek, Bell, Kentucky | |
Barbee – Clear Creek, Bell, Kentucky | |
Barbour- Baltimore, Maryland | |
Barnes – Sulligent, Lamar, Alabama | |
Barnett – Doe Hill, Webster, Virginia | |
Bar | |
Barr – Clarke, Virginia | |
Bartlett – Washington, District of Columbia | |
Battaile – Caroline, Virginia | |
Baxter – Missouri, Chariton, Missouri | |
Beaird – Beeton, Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County, Ontario | |
Beale – Maryland, D.C. | |
Bell | |
Bellamy – Kentucky | |
Bellings – Canada | |
Benisor – Washington | |
Bennett – South Carolina | |
Benningfield – Virginia, Kentucky | |
Benoit – Louisiana | |
Berkeley – Blakeley Plantation VA | |
Berry – Canada | |
Berryman – Virginia | |
Bethea – Maryland | |
Bevins – Nebraska | |
Bigham – California | |
Bines – Georgia | |
Birch – Virginia, Missouri | |
Bitner – Illinois | |
Black – Mississippi | |
Blackburn – Nebraska, California | |
Blackman | |
Blackshear | |
Blair | |
Blanchet | |
Blanchett | |
Blanks | |
Blevins | |
Bodie | |
Bogguess | |
Bogness | |
Boguess | |
Bolden | |
Bolin | |
Bolling | |
Bolton | |
Bond | |
Booker | |
Boon | |
Boone | |
Boswell | |
Bowlin | |
Bowling | |
Boyer | |
Braden | |
Bradford | |
Brady | |
Brahan | |
Braswell | |
Brewer | |
Brewster | |
Bridges | |
Bridgett | |
Bristo | |
Bristow | |
Brook | |
Brooks | |
Broun | |
Browder | |
Browm | |
Brown | |
Brunch | |
Bruner | |
Brunner | |
Bruster | |
Bryant | |
Buchanan | |
Buckland | |
Buckner | |
Buggs | |
Bunch | |
Burch | |
Burden | |
Burford | |
Burgess | |
Burkett | |
Burkhart | |
Burnett | |
Burns | |
Burrell | |
Burt | |
Butler | |
Buttler | |
Cagle | |
Caldwell | |
Calhoun | |
Calvert | |
Campbell | |
Canaday | |
Cannon | |
Cantrell | |
Carey | |
Carl | |
Carney | |
Carper | |
Carr | |
Carrington | |
Carry | |
Carter | |
Cason | |
Casron | |
Cassady | |
Castlow | |
Caston | |
Catlett | |
Chaney | |
Cheancy | |
Cheney | |
Childs | |
Christianson | |
Clardy | |
Clark | |
Clarke | |
Claud | |
Clay | |
Clayton | |
Clements | |
Cloud | |
Clukies | |
Coates | |
Cobb | |
Coble | |
Cochenour | |
Cogwell | |
colbert | |
Cole | |
Coleman | |
Coleson | |
Collet | |
Collins | |
Colston | |
Comer | |
Conkright | |
Conner | |
Cook | |
Coombs | |
Cooper | |
Copeland | |
Corbin | |
Corrothers | |
Courtnell | |
Cox | |
Crabtree | |
Crawford | |
Crooks | |
Cross | |
Cummings | |
Cuproske (Kuproski) | |
Currie | |
Curris | |
Curry | |
Curtis | |
Curvey | |
Cuyler | |
D’Aussy | |
Daniels | |
Danner | |
Dapa | |
Darios | |
Daunay | |
Daussy | |
Davenport | |
David | |
Davies | |
Davis | |
Dawson | |
de Faremont Gaudet | |
De Priest | |
Delgado | |
Delienay | |
Denham | |
Dennis | |
Dent | |
Dickerson | |
Dickson | |
Dixon | |
Doleman | |
Dorsch | |
Dortch | |
Doublet | |
Doucet | |
Douglas | |
Douglass | |
Dow | |
Dowell | |
Doyle | |
Dozier | |
Drisdon | |
Duckson | |
Dudley | |
Dunlap | |
Dunn | |
Dunson | |
Dupre | |
Durham | |
Dutton | |
Dyke | |
Dykes | |
Eady | |
Earle | |
Edwards | |
Ellis | |
Elvord | |
Emamuel | |
Emmanuel | |
Epps | |
Eppes | |
Erickson | |
Evans | |
Fagalar | |
Farley | |
Farrar | |
Farrell | |
Ferguson | |
Ferrall | |
Ferrell | |
Fields | |
Finch | |
Fink | |
Fisher | |
Fitzgerald | |
Fitzgiles | |
Fletcher | |
Flowers | |
Ford | |
Forrester | |
Forsht | |
Fort | |
Forte | |
Foster | |
Fowler | |
Fox | |
Frances | |
Franklin | |
Franks | |
Frazier | |
Freeman | |
French | |
Fresbey | |
Friend | |
Frier | |
Fries | |
Frister | |
Frye | |
Fugate | |
Fulgham | |
Fussell | |
Gabrial | |
Gaigneur | |
Galloway | |
Garault | |
Gardan | |
Gardner | |
Gareau | |
Garland | |
Garnett | |
Garrett | |
Gaudet | |
Gaudett | |
Gay | |
Gayters | |
Geaureau | |
Geiger | |
George | |
Georgia | |
Gevrez | |
Gibbs | |
Gibson | |
Gields | |
Gilbert | |
Gill | |
Gilmartin | |
Gilmore | |
Gipson | |
Givens | |
Glendining | |
Glenn | |
Glover | |
Godette | |
Godfrey | |
Godwin | |
Goens | |
Goffenberger | |
Goin | |
Goins | |
Gollaher | |
Goodlow | |
Goodrich | |
Goodwin | |
Gordon | |
Goss | |
Goudeau | |
Gough | |
Graham | |
Gramble | |
Graves | |
Gray | |
Grayson | |
Green | |
Greene | |
Gregory | |
Grier | |
Griffin | |
Grittith | |
Grizzle | |
Groce | |
Groff | |
Gross | |
Guertin | |
Guiang | |
Gutheridge | |
Guthrie | |
Guy | |
Haas | |
Hafford | |
Hagan | |
Haile | |
Hale | |
Hall | |
Haller | |
Hallum | |
Hamilton | |
Hammond | |
Hampton | |
Hanesworth | |
Hanley | |
Hannahs | |
Harmon | |
Harrington | |
Harris | |
Harrison | |
Hart | |
Hartwell | |
Harvey | |
Hatter | |
Hayden | |
Hayes | |
Haynes | |
Haynesworth | |
Haynsmith | |
Haynsworth | |
Hays | |
Hayward | |
Heatherington | |
Hebert | |
Henderson | |
Hendrick | |
Hendrix | |
Henninger | |
Hensley | |
Henson | |
Herbert | |
Hetherington | |
Hickman | |
Higdon | |
Hightower | |
Hill | |
Hiller | |
Hines | |
Hobbs | |
Hodges | |
Hodison | |
Hoffman | |
Hogan | |
Holmes | |
Holt | |
Honeybuss | |
Hopson | |
Howard | |
Hubbard | |
Hubbell | |
Hubert | |
Hudson | |
Hughes | |
Hughey | |
Hulme | |
Humphrey | |
Hunt | |
Hunter | |
Huntsman | |
Huston | |
Hutts | |
Huxley | |
Ingram | |
Inskeep | |
Irving | |
Irwin | |
Jackson | |
James | |
Jefferson | |
Jeffries | |
Jennings | |
Johnson | |
Johnston | |
Jones | |
Jordan | |
Jowers | |
Joy | |
Joyner | |
Kaiser | |
Kambitsch | |
Karnes | |
Karsner | |
Keefer | |
Keen | |
Kennon | |
Kenny | |
Kersey | |
Kimmer | |
Kimmons | |
King | |
Kohn | |
Kopchenkov | |
Kopp | |
Korsig | |
L’homme | |
Ladd | |
Lamasters | |
Lambert | |
Lambesson | |
Landrum | |
Lane | |
Laughinghouse | |
Lavinghouse | |
Laws | |
Layton | |
Lea | |
Ledsham | |
Lee | |
LeFevre | |
Leonard | |
Letson | |
Lettie | |
Lewis | |
Lhomme | |
Lieurance | |
Ligget | |
Lineberry | |
Litwiler | |
Lnu | |
Loftin | |
Logan | |
Long | |
Longdon | |
Longenecker | |
Lorez | |
Louis | |
Lovelace | |
Low | |
Lowery | |
Lowry | |
Lucas | |
Luft | |
Lupoe | |
Lyburtus | |
Lynch | |
Mabin | |
MacDougall | |
MacKorda | |
Madden | |
Madison | |
Mahan | |
Malone | |
Marquis | |
Marrbrro | |
Marsh | |
Martin | |
Masley | |
Mason | |
Masterson | |
Mattews | |
Mattis | |
Mattison | |
Mauzey | |
Mayes | |
Mays | |
Mcafee | |
Mc Bride | |
Mc Campbell | |
Mc Cartney | |
Mc Connell | |
Mc Cord | |
Mc Cormack | |
Mc Coy | |
Mc Cracken | |
Mc Creary | |
Mc Cullar | |
Mc Curdy | |
Mc Dade | |
Mc Daniel | |
Mc Daniels | |
Mc Gruder | |
Mc Intosh | |
Mc Kinney | |
Mc Knight | |
Mc Lay | |
Mc Nair | |
Mc Phail | |
Mc Raven | |
Mc Querter | |
McQuirter | |
Mc Vey | |
Meehan | |
Mercier | |
Merle | |
Merry | |
Merryweather | |
Mesidor | |
Middleton | |
Milam | |
Miles | |
Milben | |
Miller | |
Mills | |
Milnor | |
Mimms | |
Mims | |
Mingo | |
Minor | |
Mitchell | |
Mize | |
Montgomery | |
Moore | |
Moorehead | |
Morehead | |
Morgan | |
Morris | |
Morton | |
Mosley | |
Moss | |
Murphy | |
Muse | |
Myers | |
Naas | |
Nalle | |
Naoom | |
Nass | |
Nather | |
Neal | |
Nelms | |
Nelson | |
Nevitt | |
Newby | |
Newsome | |
Newton | |
Nichols | |
Nixon | |
Noble | |
Nolan | |
Norman | |
Norris | |
O’Keefe | |
Odem | |
Odems | |
Ogden | |
Ohreld | |
Olden | |
Oneal | |
Orange | |
Orear | |
Ornenelas | |
Orr | |
Ouderkirk | |
Overman | |
Overstreet | |
Overton | |
Owen | |
Owens | |
Pack | |
Padgett | |
Page | |
Palmer | |
Pankey | |
Parish | |
Parker | |
Parks | |
Parris | |
Pate | |
Patton | |
Payne | |
Pearce | |
Pearson | |
Peck | |
Pegg | |
Perkins | |
Perry | |
Peterson | |
Petit | |
Pettiford | |
Phillip | |
Phillippin | |
Phillips | |
Pickens | |
Pierce | |
Pinard | |
Platt | |
Pleasant | |
Poe | |
Poindexter | |
Poland | |
Poole | |
Porter | |
Potter | |
Potts | |
Powell | |
Powers | |
Pratcher | |
Prather | |
Pratt | |
Prayther | |
Prescott | |
Presley | |
Presley | |
Prewitt | |
Price | |
Prince | |
Princess | |
Printy | |
Proctor | |
Pruitt | |
Pryor | |
Puryear | |
Qualls | |
Quattlebaum | |
Queen | |
Quick | |
Quin | |
Quinn | |
Rahman | |
Ralls | |
Ramey | |
Randolph | |
Ranger | |
Reece | |
Reed | |
Rees | |
Reher | |
Reitzel | |
Reno | |
Reutepohler | |
Reynolds | |
Richards | |
Richarson | |
Riddle | |
Riley | |
Rivers | |
Robbins | |
Roberson | |
Roberts | |
Robertson | |
Robinson | |
Robison | |
Rodgers | |
Rodriquiz | |
Roper | |
Rose | |
Roseman | |
Rosemond | |
Ross | |
Routh | |
Ruffin | |
Russell | |
Russelo | |
Rutherford | |
Ryan | |
Sales | |
Salters | |
Samples | |
Sanders | |
Sandman | |
Sargent | |
Saunders | |
Sawyer | |
Scales | |
Schnably | |
Schnebly | |
Schumpert | |
Schurink | |
Schwartz | |
Scott | |
Scroggs | |
Seale | |
Searight | |
Sears | |
Seigneur de Couvtor Lambesson | |
Senger | |
Settler | |
Shadd | |
Shanner | |
Sharp | |
Shaw | |
Shelton | |
Shepard | |
Shepherd | |
Sheppard | |
Shibley | |
Shields | |
Shoatman | |
Shore | |
Shores | |
Short | |
Shreeves | |
Shreve | |
Shrive | |
Shumate | |
Shumpert | |
Silas | |
Silvers | |
Simans | |
Simmons | |
Simon | |
Simpkins | |
Simpson | |
Sims | |
Singleton | |
Sizemore | |
Skinner | |
Skipper | |
Slater | |
Slaughter | |
Slawson | |
Small | |
Smith | |
Smithstone | |
Snow | |
Snyder | |
Solange | |
Solares-Flores | |
Solomon | |
Sorrells | |
Sorrels | |
Souson | |
Sparkman | |
Sparks | |
Speese | |
Spiller | |
Springer | |
Standley | |
Stanley | |
Staples | |
Starcher | |
Staten | |
Statin | |
Staton | |
Steele | |
Steens | |
Sterling | |
Stewart | |
Stith | |
Storum | |
Stubbs | |
Suddeth | |
Suite | |
Sutphin | |
Sutton | |
Sven | |
Swafford | |
Swift | |
Swindler | |
Taff | |
Talbot | |
Talley | |
Tate | |
Taylor-Hodges | |
Taylor | |
Teets | |
Templeton | |
Tenley | |
Terrell | |
Tharp | |
Thomas | |
Thompkins | |
Thompson | |
Thornton | |
Thrift | |
Thursday | |
Tillery | |
Timmons | |
Todd | |
Tofflemire | |
Toney | |
Trahan | |
Travis | |
Trump | |
Tuault | |
Tucker | |
Turner | |
Tyler | |
Tymony | |
Ulch | |
Underwood | |
Upshaw | |
Vansant | |
VanVrankins | |
Vaughn | |
Vermillion | |
Vetor | |
Vincent | |
Wade | |
Wadell | |
Wagner | |
Wahl | |
Wainwright | |
Wake | |
Walden | |
Walker | |
Wall | |
Walton | |
Ware | |
Warner | |
Warren | |
Washington | |
Waterford | |
Watkins | |
Watson | |
Watters | |
Watts | |
Wax | |
Weaver | |
Webb | |
Webber | |
Webster | |
Weiker | |
Weir | |
Welch | |
Weldon | |
Wells | |
Wescott | |
West | |
White | |
Whitefield | |
Whiteside | |
Whitfield | |
Wigle | |
Wilkerson | |
Wilkes | |
Wilkins | |
Wilkinson | |
Willan | |
Williams | |
Wilson | |
Windsor | |
Wingfield | |
Withers | |
Wood | |
Woodall | |
Woodiwiss | |
Woodland | |
Woodrow | |
Woods | |
Woodson | |
Woolls | |
Wools | |
Work | |
Wright | |
Wyatt | |
Wynn | |
Zackery | |
Zebbs | |
Zimmerman |
