Help with some last names?

[Boudica]

A friend of mine is not 100% sure of their European origins, and they recently became a member of ancestry.com to find out more. The surnames- Jussila, Pollari, Fremont, and Keele. Fremont sounds English, yet a bit French, and as for the rest I'm not really sure. Can you guys help out? Thanks :D

[Fra Baldracco]

Pollari can be found in Sicily and in the central/southern part of Italy,not often but it does exist.

[Boudica]

Pollari can be found in Sicily and in the central/southern part of Italy,not often but it does exist.

Are you sure? I just looked it up and it says Finland.. ?

[rhiannon]

I only found Keele. It's British.....other than that....no such luck. Unusual names.

[beeee]

Fremont can be french, yes.

http://www.geopatronyme.com/cgi-bin/carte/famcarte.cgi?nom=fremont&client=carte

[Han Cholo]

Are you sure? I just looked it up and it says Finland.. ?

I don't think so. Jussila sounds more Finnish than Sollari. Sounds similar to "Lassila".

[billErobreren]

Jussila? definitely Finnish, Keele could be English, Fremont...could be French or Catalan those are the ones that use "mont" pretty often

[Fra Baldracco]

Are you sure? I just looked it up and it says Finland.. ?

one hundred per cent sure.

.

[The Ripper]

A friend of mine is not 100% sure of their European origins, and they recently became a member of ancestry.com to find out more. The surnames- Jussila, Pollari, Fremont, and Keele. Fremont sounds English, yet a bit French, and as for the rest I'm not really sure. Can you guys help out? Thanks :D

Jussila is definitely Finnish, Pollari is likely Finnish too.

Pirkka Pollari, Finnish sk8boarder:

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[Beorn]

'Keele' is English. It's either locational (Lincolnshire) or occupational (Ship builder).

[Boudica]

'Keele' is English. It's either locational (Lincolnshire) or occupational (Ship builder).

Ok, cool, and Skinner? English as well, no?

[Arrow Cross]

Pollari can be found in Sicily and in the central/southern part of Italy,not often but it does exist.
It certainly screams Italian.

[The Ripper]

It certainly screams Italian.

But it is Finnish. :p

[Arrow Cross]

But it is Finnish. :p
Apparently, it occurs in both countries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolò_Pollari

[The Ripper]

Apparently, it occurs in both countries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolò_Pollari

Yeah but Bou told me Pollari's given names, they weren't Italian, but Swedish (=Finnish).

[Beorn]

Ok, cool, and Skinner? English as well, no?


This is an Anglo-Scottish surname, the origins in both countries being the same. Of all the great medieval guilds that of the Worshipful Company of Skinners was amongst those of highest honour, such was the importance of the skill. The derivation is from the Norse-Viking pre 5th century word "skinn" meaning a hide or pelt, and perhaps not surprisingly the surname is one of the first recorded as a hereditary occupational name.

Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/skinner#ixzz1fnA7RcDT

[Odoacer]

Jussila

No data for Finland, but distribution in northern Sweden certainly suggests possible Finnish origin:

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Pollari

Again, no data for Finland. Distribution in Sweden & Norway isn't very informative. This map would suggest Sicily or elsewhere in Italy, but I trust the name in your friend's case is actually Finnish (which was my first guess in any case):

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Fremont

Little doubt this is ultimately French:

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Keele

English:

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Skinner

English or Scottish:

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[Comte Arnau]

Jussila? definitely Finnish, Keele could be English, Fremont...could be French or Catalan those are the ones that use "mont" pretty often

A few Catalan surnames end in -mont indeed (more usually in -munt, though), but Fremont is not a Catalan surname at all.

According to Geopatronyme, it is a NW French surname, apparently from Normandy, specially from Upper Normandy.

[Jerry]

Jussila and Pollari are both 100% Finnish surnames, Jussila is quite common and I know a person called Pollari personally.

However, Pollari could also be by coincidence for example an Italian surname but in the context with Jussila mentioned and those surnames I would guess Finnish

[Jerry]

As additional information and proof here are the names from Finnish population registry search :D :

Sukunimitilasto=sur name statistics,lkm=number, miehet=men, naiset=women, Suomessa=in Finland, ulkomailla=abroad

Including former name and deceased

Sukunimitilasto 12.12.2011


Jussila Lkm Miehet Naiset Suomessa Ulkomailla
Yhteensä 8654 3354 5300 8245 409


Pollari Lkm Miehet Naiset Suomessa Ulkomailla
Yhteensä 2182 821 1361 2010 172

and for lolz also the other names haha:
Keele 0 hits

Skinner Lkm Miehet Naiset Suomessa Ulkomailla
Nykyisenä nimenä 18 8 10
Entisenä nimenä alle 5
Kuolleilla alle 5
Yhteensä alle 28

(18 current Skinners,approximate of less than 28 Skinners ever in Finland :D)