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In this video, we look at the most common surnames of the United States and discuss their meaning and origins.
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049 [orig. by JS Bach]
Works Cited
[1] United States Census Bureau. “Frequently Occuring Surnames From the 2010 Census.” United States Census Bureau, 2010.
census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
[2] Hanks, Patrick, editor. “Dictionary of American Family Names”. Oxford University Press, 2003. archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer0000unse_r0m5
[3] Smith, Eldson C. “New Dictionary of American Family Names.” Harper & Row Publishers, 1972. archive.org/details/newdictionaryofa00smi_sln/page/559/mode/2up?view=theater
[4] Robb, H. Amanda, Andrew Chesler. “Encylopedia of American Family Names.” Harper Collins Publishers, 1995.https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofam00robb/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
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In this video, we look at the most common surnames of the United States and discuss their meaning and origins.
Find us here too!
Patreon: Patreon.com/Fireoflearning
Lucinox – Our Science Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCM2dfLR3BR0CHuePEDtxAZw
The following music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
Download available at incompetech.com
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049 [orig. by JS Bach]
Works Cited
[1] United States Census Bureau. “Frequently Occuring Surnames From the 2010 Census.” United States Census Bureau, 2010.
census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
[2] Hanks, Patrick, editor. “Dictionary of American Family Names”. Oxford University Press, 2003. archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer0000unse_r0m5
[3] Smith, Eldson C. “New Dictionary of American Family Names.” Harper & Row Publishers, 1972. archive.org/details/newdictionaryofa00smi_sln/page/559/mode/2up?view=theater
[4] Robb, H. Amanda, Andrew Chesler. “Encylopedia of American Family Names.” Harper Collins Publishers, 1995.https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofam00robb/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
Picture attributions:
By White Literary LLC, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14518529
By Willtron, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=290601
By Unknown artist - User:Jean-Pol GRANDMONT (2011), CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26280451
By Myself - Herby talk thyme - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4900784
By Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL - Monumento a João Rodrigues Cabrilho - Montalegre - Portugal, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89767412
By Hchc2009 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43152858
By Xabier Armendaritz - Own work, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14786456
By Alex Neman - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71268169
