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This Handy Tool Will Tell You The History Behind Your Surname

This Handy Tool Will Tell You The History Behind Your Surname

Most people have wondered where their unusual surnames come from and Ancestry.co.uk have made it easy to find out.

Mark Cunliffe

Mark Cunliffe

This tool by Ancestry.co.uk will tell you everything you want to know about your surname with just one click.

Most people have wondered at some point what their surname actually means and where it comes from, now Ancestry.co.uk are releasing all this amazing information for free.

All you have to do is type in your last name and the site will tell you the meaning and history of your surname, where your family lived in the UK and USA, the average life expectancy and the most common occupations.

Sorry if your surname is Brown because there are going to be some spoilers coming up.

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If your last name is Brown you will discover that the surname came from a nickname generally referring to the colour of the persons hair.

You'll also find that In 1891 there were 25,966 Brown families living in London which was about 15 per cent of all the recorded Brown's in the UK at that time.

Farmer, Coal Miner and Agricultural Labourer were the top three reported jobs worked by people who had Brown as a surname.

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Anyone whose surname is Brown will also be happy to see that their lifespan is about average at around 75, the life expectancy of Brown's hit it's lowest in 1944 at just 35.

The site also gives users access to census records, military records and immigration records so you can learn even more about your surnames past.

Monsoon also recently created a wedding weather calculator, which uses 86 years worth of statistics, to figure out if it is likely to rain on your big day.

All brides dream of a perfect wedding, and most of the time they want the sun to be out so they can get the best outdoor snaps. But with the British weather, it is hard to predict when the weather will be on your side.

To make planning a little easier, Monsoon's weather calculator looks at Met Office rainfall data to see which days have been historically dry and which ones have been a wash out.

All you have to do is put in your date and location and it will let you know whether the weather will be on your side.

So although it isn't definite, it should give brides-to-be a pretty good idea.

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