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Archant Regional Limited
Company number: 19300
Registered in England
Registered office: Prospect House, Rouen Road, Norwich NR1 1 RE
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Copyright © 2008 Archant Regional. All rights reserved.
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NORFOLK SURNAMES:
A
ABBS:
This is a specifically Norfolk name and is a derivative of Abel
which became very popular as a given name throughout Christendom in the
Middle Ages. In Norfolk they seem to have initially shortened the name
to Ab before adding an ‘s’ to refer to the offspring of Ab
or Abel.
In the IGI for Norfolk it occurs 934 times, the earliest in 1565, and
in the 1881 census it still crops up 248 times. The name Abel still proved
more popular with 1140 occurrences in the IGI for Norfolk (earliest reference
1550) and 371 references in the 1881 census.
SURNAME DIRECTORY:
A B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
N
P
R
S
T
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