The Select Surname List


Welcome to the Select Surname List.  This site contains the genealogy and history of 140 of the most common surnames of English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish origin.  Simply click on the surname of interest.

Select Surname List

Adams Cassidy Fox Howard Miller Pratt Thomas
Allen Chapman Fraser   Hudson Mitchell Price Thompson  
Anderson Clark Fuller    Hughes Moore Reynolds Todd
Armstrong Cohen
 Gallagher Jackson Morgan Richardson Tucker
Bailey Collins Goodwin James Morris Roberts Turner
Baker Cook Gould Johnson Murphy Robertson Vaughan
Baldwin Cooper Grant Jones Murray Robinson Wade
Barlow      
Cox Gray Joyce
 Myers Robson      
Walker
Barnes Crawford Green Kelly Nash Rogers Wallace
Bartlett Davis Griffiths     
Kennedy Nelson  Ross Walsh
Bell Doyle Hall King Newton        Russell Ward
Bennett Edwards Hamilton Kramer
 O'Brien Scott Warren
Booth Ellis Hancock 
 Lee O'Sullivan Shaw Watson
Brett Evans Harding Lewis Osborne Simpson Webster
Brooks Farrell
 Harris Lynch Owen
 Smith White
Brown Fitzgerald Henderson Maloney Palmer Spencer 
 Williams
Byrne Fleming  Higgins Martin Parker Stevens
Wilson
Campbell Fletcher    
Hill McCarthy Perry Stewart
Wood
Carpenter Ford   Holmes McDonald Phillips Swan Wright     
Carter Foster Hopkins McKenzie    
Powell Taylor Young

The Origin/Spread of Surnames

This list includes:
There are further internet resources shown for each surname as well.

The list of potential surnames is of course unending.  Our companion sites selectsurnames.com and selectsurnames2.com have additional names.  We welcome any suggestions or contributions you might have to add to our list.  Just click on the email address below and send us your message. 

Enjoy the site!

Colin Shelley

nottshell@btinternet.com