The Scottish diaspora has spread all over the world and as such, you'll find people with names originating from Scotland in many a country. But what's in a name? Well, a surname can tell you a lot ...

Scotland has a long and eventful history stretching back centuries. Yet Scottish surnames are far more recent. Until the 12th century, most Scots did not have surnames. It was only with King David I’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scott takes ninth place, with 782 occurrences in 2023 according to the data. Unsurprisingly, the name has Scottish origins and ...

They stem from Scotland, but are spread right across the globe - and no less so than in the North East, where they didn't have far to travel. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Sunderland ...

Over the centuries millions of Scots have left their homeland and spread Scottish names across the globe, but where do these names originate? Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, ...

What's in a name? An awful lot, according to a group of British researchers who have analyzed the origins of more than 45,000 surnames. The six-year project is the most comprehensive study of names ...

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The origin of more than 45,000 surnames has been revealed by a team of university researchers. Farah, Twelvetrees and Li are amongst the 8,000 family names explained for the first time, alongside ...