New dictionary of American family names
By: [by] Elsdon C. Smith.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 570
Subjects: Names, Personal -- United States
Description: Provides a running account of the origin of the most common American family names, with special attention to the social conditions and customs surrounding the adoption of surnames in England and in Europe in general. Names are treated in four main groups: patronymics, occupational names, nicknames, and place names. Also includes a list of 2,000 most common surnames in the U.S.
Notes: Published in 1956 under title: Dictionary of American family names.