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    Fairly rare family surname- Gatty

    Other rare surname- Levenie/Leveny (ancestors from Banffshire, Scotland)

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    Distant surnames

    Catchpole
    Catchpole is a rare surname, being a type of tax collector in medieval England. The name is a combination of Old English (cace-, catch) and medieval Latin (pullus, a chick). It derives from the image that people who owed tax were as difficult to catch as farmyard hens.

    Maplesden
    The surname Maplesden was first found in Kent where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor.
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    Vezina- of Occitan origin
    Kubitza- possible Sorbian origin.
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    cardillo - I've looked for more info and it seems to be of italian origin but I really don't see how it could ended up on my paternal side since people who bear this name were riffian peasants

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    "Bringel" is the weirdest.Cant find anything about its origin.It is maybe french or dutch but no one knows really.

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    I found some unusual variations of common Irish surnames during my genealogical research. For instance, I found "Brannon" instead of Brennan", "Noland" instead of "Nolan", and "O'Donahoe" instead of "O'Donahue". I have this weird quirk where I like to find attractive names in my family tree. For example, I'm more satisfied with "Cynthia O'Connor" than "Edith Hogshead" or "Madge Cock".

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    Bueno and Custodio, on the maternal lines of both father and mother. Also, Kelly, from a great-grandma coming from the British Virgin Islands.

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    Coward
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    Pratt
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    Shufflebottom
    Muggins
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    And that's just in the last few generations.

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    Nope, all British isles except a few German ones :

    Pfautsch and Stork or Storck ?
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    Caba.

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