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Johnson Name Meaning
English and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Johan Jo(h)n (see John ) + -son. It was often interchanged with Jenson and Janson . In North America this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages e.g. Norwegian Danish or North German Johnsen Johannesen Johannsen Johansen Jansen Jantzen and Jensen Swedish Johnsson (see below) Johansson Jonsson and Jansson Dutch Janssen German Janz Czech Jansa 1 and Slovenian Janša (see Jansa ) and Janežič (see Janezic ). Johnson (including in the sense 2 below) is the second most frequent surname in the US. It is also the second most common surname among Native Americans and a very common surname among African Americans. Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Johnsson: patronymic from the personal name John a variant of Jon (see John ). Compare 1 above.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Johnston, Johnsen, Jonson, Jackson, Janson, Johansen, Jonsson, Ohlson
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Kent Name Meaning
English and Irish: habitational name from the county of Kent. The surname is also established in Ireland where English bearers of this name settled in Meath in the 13th century. The name has been Gaelicized as Ceannt.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Gent, Dent, Ken, Bent, Best, Went, Kant, West, Belt, Kett
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Knowles Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English knol(le) ‘knoll hilltop’ (Old English cnoll) or from any of the many places (some lost) named with this word for example Knowle (Devon Dorset Lancashire Somerset Warwickshire and Yorkshire) and Knole (Kent Sussex). Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tnúthghail (see Newell ). English: variant of Noel often with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Bowes, Toles, Fowle, Voyles, Kyles, Mowles, Downes, Koller, Powles
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Liddle Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: variant of Liddell .
Liddell Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: habitational name from any of various places in the Scottish Borders and Cumbria called Liddel from the Old English river name Hl̄de meaning ‘loud’ + Old English dæl ‘valley’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Biddle, Siddle, Waddle, Diddle, Lindly, Lisle, Tindle, Liddell
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Lister Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a dyer of cloth Middle English li(te)ster a derivative of Middle English lit(t)en (Old Norse lita) ‘to dye’. This term was used principally in East Anglia and northern and eastern England (areas of Scandinavian settlement) and to this day the surname is found principally in these regions especially in Yorkshire.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Laster, Lidster, Litster, Leister, Lester, Easter, Limer, Hoster
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Lundell Name Meaning
Swedish: ornamental name from lund ‘grove’ + the suffix -ell a derivative of the Latin adjectival ending -elius.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Sundell, Blundell, Lindell, Rundell, Blondell, Lubell, Windell
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Lythe Name Meaning
See Lyth .
Lyth Name Meaning
English (northern):: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English hlid ‘slope’ or its Old Norse cognate hlíth for example Lythe (in North Yorkshire) or Lyth (Cumbria in the former county of Westmorland). nickname from Middle English lithe ‘mild gentle’ (Old English līthe).
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Blythe, Wythe, Lytle, Flythe, Luthe, Lathe, Lye, Lyle, Lyde, Loth
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Maloney Name Meaning
Irish (Munster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh ‘descendant of the devotee of the Lord’. See Muldowney .
Muldowney Name Meaning
Irish (Kilkenny and Laois): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh Ó Maol Domhnaigh ‘descendant of Maol Domhnaigh’ a personal name meaning ‘devotee of Sunday’ or ‘of the church’. For the variant Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh see Maloney .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Malone, Mahoney, Moroney, Cloney, Mooney, Maney, Money, Mulroney
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Manton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Manton (Rutland) or Manton (Lincolnshire) or possibly from Manton in Worksop (Nottinghamshire) or Manton in Preshute (Wiltshire). The Rutland and Nottinghamshire placenames probably derive from the Old English personal name Manna + Old English tūn ‘farmstead estate’. The Lincolnshire placename is recorded as Malmetune in the 12th century and derives from Old English malm ‘sand sandy soil’ + tūn. The Wiltshire placename is recorded as Maninton in 1249 and derives from the Old English personal name Manna + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. Irish (Cork): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Manntáin ‘descendant of Manntán’ a personal name derived from a diminutive of manntach ‘toothless’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Marton, Banton, Panton, Minton, Catton, Maxton, Manson, Danton
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Marston Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or other of the numerous places called Marston or Merston in counties including Bedfordshire Cheshire Derbyshire Gloucestershire Isle of Wight Kent Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Shropshire Staffordshire Sussex and Worcestershire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English mersc ‘marsh’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Harston, Marton, Easton, Marson, Muston, Morton, Murton, Martin
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts