most uncommon surnames in your tree

[barryd]

Back to the Hookers.

Joseph Hooker (1814-1879) was a career U.S. military officer who served as a major general and commander of the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War (1861-65).

[barryd]

Snowball -

Originally Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire.

[jaybelnz]

I play poker with a Cakebread

LOL David, I play poker with a pack of cards and a few friends! 😜
(Sorry, couldn't help myself)

[Vance Mead]

It's not in my tree, but an unusual surname I came across yesterday: Whalesbrew.

It comes from Whalesborough, Cornwall.

[whiteout7]

"Flucker (bad spelling for Flockhart?? Scotland)"

I know of Fleuchar (Perthshire)...If you use Fl**ch*r* & Floc*ar* (wild cards allowed) option it will bring a few variants up

"Grandistone"

I know of Grandison (Fife)...use Gran*s*n* for variants

Leave areas out for full coverage of both

Annie

Fleuchar, maybe Fletcher??

Grandison: "Grandison Name Meaning. English and Scottish: said to be a habitational name from Granson on Lake Neuchâtel. The first known bearer of the surname is Rigaldus de Grancione (fl. 1040)"  from Savoy?? https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=grandison

Certainly found Flemish and French names in my family tree so maybe people from Savoy too

Thankyou for the different take on those names

[pharmaT]

I have quite a few unusual names;  Bearecroft, Tulips, McCorgray, Kleeman, Bankier, Lewars, Denoon, Rowat and Longcroft.


For McCorgray and Longcroft every single one I have found is related to a common ancestor.  I suspect that Kleeman may be more common in Germany.

[sre]

How about Puffett (Oxfordshire) and Harness  (Yorkshire/Lincolnshire)

sre

[pinefamily]

Seeing Snowball reminded me of the surname Snoswell I have as well.

[DavidG02]

I play poker with a Cakebread

LOL David, I play poker with a pack of cards and a few friends! 😜
(Sorry, couldn't help myself)

Now I am going to think of shuffling a loaf of bread slices