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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #108 on: Sunday 03 March 19 07:19 GMT (UK) »
 ;D ;D And I'll be juggling an uncut loaf!!  ;D
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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #109 on: Sunday 03 March 19 08:04 GMT (UK) »
With my own surname ranking 266,416th, I've never thought about it! ;D

I also have:
Warbutton (my 1st Mother-in-law's maiden name) - 2,089,038th.
Twinney - 1,547,395th.
Morl - 1,091,827th

But the most uncommon must be Grace Makepowder.
That surname isn't ranked (Forebears.io)
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #110 on: Sunday 03 March 19 10:27 GMT (UK) »
I have the name Cock in one branch of my tree and one of my Cock ancestors married a Brocksopp.

Some of my Cock distant cousins changed their name, one lot changed to Brunswick and another lot changed to Clayton - much more respectable I suppose 😁.

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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #111 on: Sunday 03 March 19 12:08 GMT (UK) »
Oh My Cock ancestors became Cocks over a period
Douglas, Varnden, Joy(i)ce Surrey, Clarke Northants/Hunts, Pullen Worcs/Herefords, Holmes Birmingham/USA/Canada/Australia, Jackson Cheshire/Yorkshire, Lomas Cheshire, Lee Yorkshire, Cocks Lancashire, Leah Cheshire, Cook Yorkshire, Catlow Lancashire
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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #112 on: Sunday 03 March 19 12:45 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: stonechat on Sunday 03 March 19 12:08 GMT (UK)
Oh My Cock ancestors became Cocks over a period

Some of mine occasionally appear in documents as Cocks, also Cox, and it's sometimes mistranscribed as Cook. I expect you've found the same, it's one of those frustrating names with several variants.

If yours have connections to Putney, or Winkfield in Berkshire, we might be related ☺.

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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #113 on: Sunday 03 March 19 15:23 GMT (UK) »
Oh I have lots of connections with Winkfield, but completely different part of my tree, Rev George Boyce was curate and schoolmaster, he lived 1743-1824, and some of his ancestors there. But my Cock/Cocks were CHESHIRE/Lancs borders
Douglas, Varnden, Joy(i)ce Surrey, Clarke Northants/Hunts, Pullen Worcs/Herefords, Holmes Birmingham/USA/Canada/Australia, Jackson Cheshire/Yorkshire, Lomas Cheshire, Lee Yorkshire, Cocks Lancashire, Leah Cheshire, Cook Yorkshire, Catlow Lancashire
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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #114 on: Sunday 03 March 19 18:54 GMT (UK) »
A distant relative of mine in America married a Mr Frankenstein  :o
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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #115 on: Tuesday 05 March 19 16:10 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: oldtimer on Sunday 03 March 19 18:54 GMT (UK)
A distant relative of mine in America married a Mr Frankenstein  :o
One of mine married a Jekyll. Not a doctor, thankfully.
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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #116 on: Wednesday 06 March 19 15:01 GMT (UK) »
I`ve just discovered a Raisbeck. Google seems to think it originates from Cumbria, but my find is in Lincolnshire.

I also have an Hansword in Lincolnshire.
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