The Most Common Surnames in Guernsey: A Look at Guernseymen's Heritage

Ranking	Last Name	Incidence	Letters
1	Le page	581	7
2	Smith	581	5
3	Ogier	426	5
4	Falla	404	5
5	Jones	397	5
6	Le tissier	360	10
7	Taylor	323	6
8	Brehaut	301	7
9	Bougourd	279	8
10	Le prevost	279	10
11	Mahy	272	4
12	Ozanne	272	6
13	Allen	272	5
14	Brown	265	5
15	Torode	257	6
16	Dorey	257	5
17	De la mare	250	10
18	Martel	250	6
19	Williams	235	8
20	Batiste	235	7
21	Gaudion	228	7
22	Duquemin	220	8
23	Guilbert	220	8
24	Norman	213	6
25	Langlois	213	8
26	Nicolle	213	7
27	Mauger	213	6
28	Robilliard	206	10
29	Bisson	206	6
30	Gallienne	206	9
31	De carteret	206	11
32	Wilson	206	6
33	Davies	198	6
34	Renouf	198	6
35	Ferbrache	198	9
36	Le poidevin	191	11
37	Marquis	191	7
38	Morgan	184	6
39	Ward	184	4
40	Rowe	176	4
41	Brouard	176	7
42	Wright	169	6
43	Morris	169	6
44	Wood	169	4
45	Carre	169	5
46	Ellis	162	5
47	Lewis	162	5
48	Guille	162	6
49	Johnson	162	7
50	Roberts	154	7
51	Vaudin	154	6
52	Richards	147	8
53	Clark	147	5
54	Robert	147	6
55	Gill	140	4
56	Green	140	5
57	Martin	140	6
58	Moore	140	5
59	James	140	5
60	Le noury	140	8
61	Corbet	132	6
62	Page	132	4
63	Bourgaize	132	9
64	Russell	132	7
65	De garis	125	8
66	Cox	125	3
67	Sarre	125	5
68	Le maitre	125	9
69	Lowe	125	4
70	Robinson	125	8
71	Le pelley	125	9
72	Robins	125	6
73	Murphy	125	6
74	Machon	118	6
75	Scott	118	5
76	Hill	118	4
77	Jehan	118	5
78	Hamon	118	5
79	Evans	110	5
80	Baker	110	5
81	Walker	110	6
82	Corbin	110	6
83	Laine	110	5
84	Roussel	110	7
85	Hall	110	4
86	Elliott	110	7
87	Phillips	110	8
88	Bailey	103	6
89	Lloyd	103	5
90	Lee	103	3
91	Clarke	103	6
92	Queripel	103	8
93	Garnham	103	7
94	Jackson	103	7
95	King	103	4
96	Knight	103	6
97	Campbell	96	8
98	Cook	96	4
99	Bichard	96	7
100	Harris	96	6
101	Merrien	96	7
102	Bishop	96	6
103	Penney	96	6
104	Murray	96	6
105	Chandler	96	8
106	Dodd	96	4
107	Blondel	96	7
108	Cooper	96	6
109	Thomas	88	6
110	Tanguy	88	6
111	De jersey	88	9
112	Powell	88	6
113	Thompson	88	8
114	Watson	88	6
115	Graham	88	6
116	Stevens	88	7
117	Priaulx	88	7
118	Harvey	88	6
119	Bell	88	4
120	Hockey	88	6
121	Hughes	81	6
122	Parker	81	6
123	Richardson	81	10
124	Loveridge	81	9
125	Edwards	81	7
126	Pearce	81	6
127	Rose	81	4
128	Bennett	81	7
129	Gray	81	4
130	Gavey	81	5
131	Simon	81	5
132	Barnes	81	6
133	Adams	81	5
134	Kennedy	81	7
135	Hunt	81	4
136	Archer	81	6
137	Trebert	73	7
138	Bull	73	4
139	Carey	73	5
140	Honey	73	5
141	Holmes	73	6
142	Carter	73	6
143	Kirk	73	4
144	Fuller	73	6
145	Grant	73	5
146	Bacon	73	5
147	Dowding	73	7
148	White	73	5
149	Shaw	73	4
150	Simpson	73	7
151	Dean	73	4
152	Lawrence	73	8
153	Gardner	73	7
154	Reynolds	73	8
155	Perry	73	5
156	Radford	73	7
157	Baudains	73	8
158	Chapman	73	7
159	Shepherd	73	8
160	Atkinson	73	8
161	Sebire	66	6
162	Clayton	66	7
163	Johns	66	5
164	Le ray	66	6
165	Mitchell	66	8
166	Stephens	66	8
167	Naftel	66	6
168	Inder	66	5
169	Roger	66	5
170	Barker	66	6
171	Ford	66	4
172	Browning	66	8
173	Best	66	4
174	Lihou	66	5
175	Hollingsworth	66	13
176	Dickinson	66	9
177	Marsh	66	5
178	Heaume	66	6
179	O'neill	66	7
180	Matthews	66	8
181	Girard	66	6
182	Silva	66	5
183	Davison	66	7
184	Wilkinson	66	9
185	Hart	66	4
186	Davidson	66	8
187	Turner	66	6
188	Smart	66	5
189	Griffin	66	7
190	Du feu	59	6
191	Carr	59	4
192	Holt	59	4
193	Newton	59	6
194	Cole	59	4
195	Gomes	59	5
196	Preston	59	7
197	Henry	59	5
198	Vermeulen	59	9
199	Snell	59	5
200	Cleal	59	5
201	Webber	59	6
202	Stewart	59	7
203	Saunders	59	8
204	Lane	59	4
205	Crowder	59	7
206	Hunter	59	6
207	Perkins	59	7
208	Sántos	59	6
209	Jordan	59	6
210	Mallett	59	7
211	Davey	59	5
212	Groves	59	6
213	Mann	59	4
214	Stokes	59	6
215	Goddard	59	7
216	Brun	59	4
217	Glass	59	5
218	Harrison	59	8
219	Welch	59	5
220	Harding	59	7
221	Francis	59	7
222	Marquand	59	8
223	Le brun	59	7
224	Ball	59	4
225	Le sauvage	59	10
226	Duncan	59	6
227	Greening	59	8
228	Payne	59	5
229	Read	59	4
230	Barnett	59	7
231	Warr	59	4
232	Burton	59	6
233	Seymour	59	7
234	Riley	59	5
235	Mckenzie	59	8
236	Fisher	59	6
237	Sherbourne	59	10
238	Lovell	59	6
239	Mason	59	5
240	Bates	59	5
241	Collins	59	7
242	Smale	59	5
243	Freeman	59	7
244	Creasey	51	7
245	Berry	51	5
246	Bradshaw	51	8
247	Burns	51	5
248	Prevel	51	6
249	Jeffery	51	7
250	Peters	51	6
251	Coomer	51	6
252	Wakeford	51	8
253	Mills	51	5
254	Craig	51	5
255	Le conte	51	8
256	Legg	51	4
257	Black	51	5
258	Joyce	51	5
259	Masterton	51	9
260	Emmerson	51	8
261	Pugh	51	4
262	Marley	51	6
263	Ferris	51	6
264	Finch	51	5
265	Oliver	51	6
266	Stone	51	5
267	English	51	7
268	Rabey	51	5
269	Banfield	51	8
270	Bain	51	4
271	Rogers	51	6
272	Wrench	51	6
273	Whalley	51	7
274	Shorto	51	6
275	Solway	51	6
276	Corlett	51	7
277	Lacey	51	5
278	Beausire	51	8
279	Anderson	51	8
280	Walsh	51	5
281	Fletcher	51	8
282	Buchanan	51	8
283	Andrews	51	7
284	Lucas	51	5
285	Colley	51	6
286	Howe	51	4
287	Hutchinson	51	10
288	Paul	51	4
289	Mackay	51	6
290	Coates	44	6
291	Webb	44	4
292	Carroll	44	7
293	Chamberlain	44	11
294	Ashton	44	6
295	Parr	44	4
296	Thomson	44	7
297	Fish	44	4
298	Farrell	44	7
299	Windsor	44	7
300	Chick	44	5
301	Higgins	44	7
302	Eker	44	4
303	Mchugh	44	6
304	May	44	3
305	Bray	44	4
306	Goater	44	6
307	O'connor	44	8
308	Bradley	44	7
309	Noury	44	5
310	Wallbridge	44	10
311	Pattimore	44	9
312	Maguire	44	7
313	Bartlett	44	8
314	Sweet	44	5
315	Douglas	44	7
316	Truelove	44	8
317	Betley	44	6
318	Lenfestey	44	9
319	Dye	44	3
320	Perchard	44	8
321	Brooks	44	6
322	Dyke	44	4
323	Duerden	44	7
324	Down	44	4
325	Parkinson	44	9
326	Haines	44	6
327	Birnie	44	6
328	Davis	44	5
329	Bachmann	44	8
330	Twist	44	5
331	Hutchins	44	8
332	Belcher	44	7
333	Halliday	44	8
334	Neville	44	7
335	Blatchford	44	10
336	Creber	44	6
337	Adkins	44	6
338	Price	44	5
339	England	44	7
340	Coquelin	44	8
341	Nicholls	44	8
342	Wallace	44	7
343	Walden	44	6
344	Wyatt	44	5
345	Walters	44	7
346	Mclaughlin	44	10
347	Hudson	44	6
348	Hendry	44	6
349	Duchemin	44	8
350	Acton	44	5
351	Staples	44	7
352	Harwood	44	7
353	Ashplant	44	8
354	Willis	44	6
355	Storer	44	6
356	Brock	44	5
357	Sexton	44	6
358	Cliff	44	5
359	Timms	44	5
360	Marshall	44	8
361	Todd	44	4
362	Petit	44	5
363	Rodriguês	44	9
364	Fernandes	44	9
365	Hopkins	44	7
366	Morton	44	6
367	Horton	44	6
368	Mellor	44	6
369	Spencer	44	7
370	Long	44	4
371	Giles	44	5
372	Power	44	5
373	Hargreaves	44	10
374	Symes	44	5
375	Fernandez	44	9
376	Lepage	37	6
377	Woodward	37	8
378	Langford	37	8
379	Brache	37	6
380	Falle	37	5
381	Paluch	37	6
382	Travers	37	7
383	Howard	37	6
384	Allez	37	5
385	Gabriel	37	7
386	Bourne	37	6
387	Holloway	37	8
388	Breton	37	6
389	Saul	37	4
390	Alves	37	5
391	Fraser	37	6
392	West	37	4
393	Poidevin	37	8
394	Collas	37	6
395	Leach	37	5
396	Postlethwaite	37	13
397	De la haye	37	10
398	Symons	37	6
399	Higgs	37	5
400	Bertrand	37	8
401	Turian	37	6
402	Tissier	37	7
403	Hardie	37	6
404	Griffiths	37	9
405	Tidd	37	4
406	Lanyon	37	6
407	Barry	37	5
408	Mcclean	37	7
409	Strachan	37	8
410	Johansen	37	8
411	Bridle	37	6
412	Featherstone	37	12
413	Munro	37	5
414	Carpenter	37	9
415	Fox	37	3
416	Godfrey	37	7
417	Blampied	37	8
418	Moss	37	4
419	Loveless	37	8
420	Seabrook	37	8
421	Rolfe	37	5
422	Meinke	37	6
423	Rowlinson	37	9
424	Carberry	37	8
425	Isabelle	37	8
426	Storey	37	6
427	Gibson	37	6
428	Burke	37	5
429	Bachelet	37	8
430	Bowen	37	5
431	Andrade	37	7
432	Luff	37	4
433	Bush	37	4
434	Rouget	37	6
435	Freestone	37	9
436	Winn	37	4
437	Parrott	37	7
438	Eyre	37	4
439	Wheatley	37	8
440	Sarchet	37	7
441	Melling	37	7
442	Welsh	37	5
443	Fleming	37	7
444	George	37	6
445	Armstrong	37	9
446	Ashworth	37	8
447	Parsons	37	7
448	Bushby	37	6
449	Burnard	37	7
450	Elder	37	5
451	Hamilton	37	8
452	Child	37	5
453	Ross	37	4
454	Jenkins	37	7
455	Gilman	37	6
456	Swaisland	37	9
457	Mcminn	37	6
458	Tabel	37	5
459	Denton	37	6
460	Mcmillan	37	8
461	Wakefield	37	9
462	Miles	37	5
463	Herve	37	5
464	Woodland	37	8
465	Donnelly	37	8
466	Lord	37	4
467	Hilton	37	6
468	Waterman	37	8
469	Pratt	37	5
470	Corcoran	37	8
471	Woolford	37	8
472	Rawlings	37	8
473	Sheppard	37	8
474	Garrard	37	7
475	Southern	37	8
476	Allaway	37	7
477	Courtney	37	8
478	Gibbs	37	5
479	Mahoney	37	7
480	Le clerc	37	8
481	Gauvain	37	7
482	Mckane	37	6
483	Bean	37	4
484	Miller	37	6
485	Clegg	37	5
486	Noyon	37	5
487	Reeves	37	6
488	Rouxel	37	6
489	Ferguson	37	8
490	Henning	37	7
491	Chesney	37	7
492	Gardiner	37	8
493	Seepaul	37	7
494	Rowland	37	7
495	Macdonald	37	9
496	De sausmarez	37	12
497	Case	37	4
498	Grimshaw	37	8
499	Leathem	37	7
500	Wilkins	37	7
501	Kelly	37	5
502	Allsopp	37	7
503	Sharman	37	7
504	Trump	37	5
505	Basham	37	6
506	Arundale	37	8
507	Leggett	29	7
508	Crocker	29	7
509	Eldridge	29	8
510	Monkhouse	29	9
511	Hancock	29	7
512	Grut	29	4
513	Locke	29	5
514	Fell	29	4
515	Day	29	3
516	Gilligan	29	8
517	Rouillard	29	9
518	Jenner	29	6
519	Quick	29	5
520	Calderwood	29	10
521	Niven	29	5
522	Hardy	29	5
523	Wenman	29	6
524	Veron	29	5
525	Hodder	29	6
526	Chippendale	29	11
527	Brooksbank	29	10
528	Warlow	29	6
529	Workman	29	7
530	Laing	29	5
531	Ferry	29	5
532	Meakin	29	6
533	Cherry	29	6
534	Prigent	29	7
535	Avery	29	5
536	Potter	29	6
537	Plumley	29	7
538	Walton	29	6
539	Moffatt	29	7
540	Cotterill	29	9
541	Harlow	29	6
542	Platt	29	5
543	Mccathie	29	8
544	Hazzan	29	6
545	Nicholson	29	9
546	Brady	29	5
547	Holland	29	7
548	Upson	29	5
549	Edmonds	29	7
550	Colton	29	6
551	Foss	29	4
552	O'brien	29	7
553	Fitzgerald	29	10
554	Ramsey	29	6
555	Dawson	29	6
556	Kimber	29	6
557	Humphreys	29	9
558	Mare	29	4
559	Briggs	29	6
560	Palmer	29	6
561	Sharp	29	5
562	Ruddy	29	5
563	Enevoldsen	29	10
564	Bonham	29	6
565	Farnham	29	7
566	Mechem	29	6
567	Bridel	29	6
568	Parry	29	5
569	Lockwood	29	8
570	Link	29	4
571	Kaines	29	6
572	Cutler	29	6
573	Degnen	29	6
574	Bromley	29	7
575	Dovey	29	5
576	Deane	29	5
577	Buckley	29	7
578	Field	29	5
579	Mcintosh	29	8
580	Hawkins	29	7
581	Hulme	29	5
582	Chalker	29	7
583	Champion	29	8
584	Vincent	29	7
585	Rigby	29	5
586	Carruthers	29	10
587	Carteret	29	8
588	Whitehorne	29	10
589	Stopher	29	7
590	Bond	29	4
591	Feuvre	29	6
592	Woodcock	29	8
593	Rivers	29	6
594	Tickner	29	7
595	Morrison	29	8
596	De la rue	29	9
597	Tullier	29	7
598	Vine	29	4
599	Lasenby	29	7
600	Retz	29	4
601	Mccormack	29	9
602	Pizzuti	29	7
603	Kelham	29	6
604	Garrett	29	7
605	Mckenna	29	7
606	Henderson	29	9
607	Le feuvre	29	9
608	Wakeham	29	7
609	Lillington	29	10
610	Tucker	29	6
611	Coleman	29	7
612	Mcdermott	29	9
613	Tanner	29	6
614	Cluett	29	6
615	Steele	29	6
616	Northmore	29	9
617	Forsyth	29	7
618	Ciotti	29	6
619	Veillard	29	8
620	Watts	29	5
621	Sinclair	29	8
622	Robin	29	5
623	Dunnell	29	7
624	Etheridge	29	9
625	Dekker	29	6
626	Wrigley	29	7
627	Hobbs	29	5
628	Camp	29	4
629	Burgess	29	7
630	Tremlett	29	8
631	Spence	29	6
632	Reeve	29	5
633	Smit	29	4
634	Sanders	29	7
635	Yates	29	5
636	Morrissey	29	9
637	Roland	29	6
638	Good	29	4
639	Stevenson	29	9
640	Tachon	29	6
641	Moody	29	5
642	Neal	29	4
643	Luxon	29	5
644	Dunn	29	4
645	Lock	29	4
646	Gilliland	29	9
647	Harley	29	6
648	Nevitt	29	6
649	Cormack	29	7
650	Carrington	29	10
651	Tee	29	3
652	Hills	29	5
653	Ryan	29	4
654	Glen	29	4
655	Starr	29	5
656	Litten	29	6
657	Hayward	29	7
658	Pritchard	29	9
659	Arnold	29	6
660	Gurney	29	6
661	Hodgson	29	7
662	Davy	29	4
663	Crabb	29	5
664	Fearnley	29	8
665	Shields	29	7
666	David	29	5
667	Wild	29	4
668	Wickham	29	7
669	Pike	29	4
670	Seeds	29	5
671	Delbridge	29	9
672	Stockwell	29	9
673	Cameron	29	7
674	Coutanche	29	9
675	Noone	29	5
676	Byrne	29	5
677	Lampert	29	7
678	Athaide	29	7
679	Holliday	29	8
680	Laker	29	5
681	Lynch	29	5
682	Webster	29	7
683	Grantham	29	8
684	Titterington	29	12
685	Tough	29	5
686	Le marquand	29	11
687	Smyth	29	5
688	Kerr	29	4
689	Buckingham	29	10
690	Cross	29	5
691	Dewsnap	29	7
692	Shand	29	5
693	Muir	29	4
694	Dorrity	29	7
695	Backhouse	29	9
696	Tracey	29	6
697	Gordon	29	6
698	Bassford	29	8
699	Ashdown	29	7
700	Coles	29	5
701	Fawcett	29	7
702	Guillou	29	7
703	Barrett	29	7
704	Gilmour	29	7
705	Austin	29	6
706	Goubert	29	7
707	Chester	29	7
708	Steer	29	5
709	Hugo	29	4
710	Cummins	29	7
711	Topley	29	6
712	Mcdonald	29	8
713	Womersley	29	9
714	Elmy	29	4
715	Brook	29	5
716	Kumar	29	5
717	Lister	29	6
718	Alexander	29	9
719	Burtenshaw	29	10
720	Richings	29	8
721	Booth	29	5
722	Glanfield	22	9
723	Button	22	6
724	Bousfield	22	9
725	Brassell	22	8
726	Crook	22	5
727	Decarteret	22	10
728	Gavet	22	5
729	Weatherburn	22	11
730	Durham	22	6
731	Beaumont	22	8
732	Ayres	22	5
733	Anthony	22	7
734	Casey	22	5
735	Morrey	22	6
736	Dempster	22	8
737	Rault	22	5
738	Moulton	22	7
739	Tedstone	22	8
740	Butt	22	4
741	Kerins	22	6
742	Gerrard	22	7
743	Gale	22	4
744	Church	22	6
745	Bowditch	22	8
746	Ridley	22	6
747	Hitchcock	22	9
748	Elderfield	22	10
749	Goodyear	22	8
750	Jouhning	22	8
751	Jesus	22	5
752	Le quesne	22	9
753	Gillson	22	7
754	Dyer	22	4
755	Barnard	22	7
756	Patterson	22	9
757	Dodsworth	22	9
758	Froome	22	6
759	Goodwin	22	7
760	Amy	22	3
761	Bowyer	22	6
762	Bird	22	4
763	Macgregor	22	9
764	Croshaw	22	7
765	Crawford	22	8
766	Smethurst	22	9
767	Battersby	22	9
768	Mourant	22	7
769	Bullock	22	7
770	Pearson	22	7
771	Vian	22	4
772	De lisle	22	8
773	Damant	22	6
774	Hammond	22	7
775	Medland	22	7
776	Howell	22	6
777	Voute	22	5
778	Ghandour	22	8
779	Cave	22	4
780	Dufty	22	5
781	Nussbaumer	22	10
782	Damarell	22	8
783	Hannah	22	6
784	Daish	22	5
785	Pitman	22	6
786	Stanfield	22	9
787	Haining	22	7
788	Bolton	22	6
789	Browne	22	6
790	Sheen	22	5
791	Stubbs	22	6
792	Venosa	22	6
793	Stephenson	22	10
794	Connolly	22	8
795	Tooley	22	6
796	Johnstone	22	9
797	Orchard	22	7
798	Molloy	22	6
799	Riddle	22	6
800	Warburton	22	9
801	Rea	22	3
802	Vieira	22	6
803	Lawton	22	6
804	Gittins	22	7
805	Sirett	22	6
806	Henley	22	6
807	Stallard	22	8
808	Karim	22	5
809	Conroy	22	6
810	Polson	22	6
811	Howitt	22	6
812	Trenchard	22	9
813	Lancaster	22	9
814	Dawe	22	4
815	March	22	5
816	Woodford	22	8
817	Lees	22	4
818	Hindmarch	22	9
819	Swain	22	5
820	Foster	22	6
821	Du toit	22	7
822	Curtis	22	6
823	Perfitt	22	7
824	Frith	22	5
825	Humphries	22	9
826	Mahon	22	5
827	Whittet	22	7
828	Mudge	22	5
829	Wynne	22	5
830	Strawbridge	22	11
831	Upham	22	5
832	Douglass	22	8
833	Randall	22	7
834	Steere	22	6
835	Golden	22	6
836	Osmond	22	6
837	Mccarthy	22	8
838	Ash	22	3
839	Hinshaw	22	7
840	Evett	22	5
841	Penn	22	4
842	Pirouet	22	7
843	Littlewood	22	10
844	Bentley	22	7
845	Marais	22	6
846	Downing	22	7
847	Cowling	22	7
848	Homer	22	5
849	Liddy	22	5
850	Collier	22	7
851	Devoe	22	5
852	Rolph	22	5
853	Harrisson	22	9
854	Lawther	22	7
855	Fothergill	22	10
856	Kendal	22	6
857	Moullin	22	7
858	Whelan	22	6
859	Cozens	22	6
860	Olow	22	4
861	Chilton	22	7
862	Haskins	22	7
863	Hibbs	22	5
864	Moon	22	4
865	Eley	22	4
866	Sarl	22	4
867	Litchfield	22	10
868	Baldwin	22	7
869	Bolger	22	6
870	Whatley	22	7
871	Garner	22	6
872	Tyson	22	5
873	Duport	22	6
874	Crawley	22	7
875	Doyle	22	5
876	Austen	22	6
877	Carling	22	7
878	Mcnaught	22	8
879	Peter	22	5
880	Starkey	22	7
881	Butcher	22	7
882	Colver	22	6
883	Walder	22	6
884	Datta	22	5
885	Birtwistle	22	10
886	Weston	22	6
887	Griffith	22	8
888	Rigden	22	6
889	Gregson	22	7
890	Whitworth	22	9
891	Gunn	22	4
892	Denziloe	22	8
893	Orme	22	4
894	Silvester	22	9
895	Drake	22	5
896	Willson	22	7
897	Kilpatrick	22	10
898	Taylour	22	7
899	Derbyshire	22	10
900	Lovering	22	8
901	Birch	22	5
902	Kendall	22	7
903	Lilley	22	6
904	Coyne	22	5
905	Hurley	22	6
906	Vaughan	22	7
907	Macgill	22	7
908	Kershaw	22	7
909	Shell	22	5
910	Huntley	22	7
911	Hearse	22	6
912	Guest	22	5
913	Banneville	22	10
914	Bevis	22	5
915	Farrelly	22	8
916	Mosley	22	6
917	Priest	22	6
918	Parmentier	22	10
919	Hardman	22	7
920	Warren	22	6
921	Cairns	22	6
922	Shakerley	22	9
923	Allan	22	5
924	Currie	22	6
925	Reade	22	5
926	Stuart	22	6
927	Mancini	22	7
928	Trotter	22	7
929	Conway	22	6
930	Barclay	22	7
931	Fenn	22	4
932	Foxen	22	5
933	Touzeau	22	7
934	Hearsey	22	7
935	Farmer	22	6
936	Packham	22	7
937	Hipple	22	6
938	Hurford	22	7
939	Granger	22	7
940	Hayes	22	5
941	Charlwood	22	9
942	Goode	22	5
943	Dudley	22	6
944	Stephen	22	7
945	Beattie	22	7
946	Rossiter	22	8
947	Van den bossche	22	15
948	Henney	22	6
949	Spruce	22	6
950	Bagot	22	5
951	Khan	22	4
952	Dravers	22	7
953	Oldfield	22	8
954	Kerrigan	22	8
955	Allison	22	7
956	Smeed	22	5
957	Reid	22	4
958	Crowther	22	8
959	Porter	22	6
960	Rich	22	4
961	Gosling	22	7
962	Pickering	22	9
963	Roper	22	5
964	Baines	22	6
965	Mcculloch	22	9
966	Brazier	22	7
967	Bulpitt	22	7
968	Cottell	22	7
969	Gamble	22	6
970	Piercey	22	7
971	Salisbury	22	9
972	Stahelin	22	8
973	Quinn	22	5
974	Ashington	22	9
975	Broughton	22	9
976	Etasse	22	6
977	Schofield	22	9
978	Cooke	22	5
979	Wheadon	22	7
980	Leslie	22	6
981	Carpentier	22	10
982	Nicholas	22	8
983	Le breton	22	9
984	Brett	22	5
985	Whitman	22	7
986	Huddle	22	6
987	Snedden	22	7
988	Doherty	22	7
989	O'leary	22	7
990	Butel	22	5
991	Stoddart	22	8
992	Dunning	22	7
993	Wherry	22	6
994	Despres	22	7
995	Stagg	22	5
996	Chadwick	22	8
997	Thornton	22	8
998	Romanillos	22	10
999	Tardivel	22	8
1000	Bolt	22	4

Understanding the Significance of Common Surnames in Guernsey

A surname is an inherited piece of identity that connects an individual to their family. In Guernsey, surnames play a vital role in tracing one's ancestry and establishing connections within the community. Over the years, certain surnames have become dominant, and identifying them can provide insight into the history and social structure of the island.

The Significance of Guernsey Surnames

Guernsey's unique history has contributed to the development of its distinctive surnames. Many of the surnames that are common in Guernsey today have their roots in Norman or Huguenot ancestry. These surnames are also influenced by the island's proximity to France, and this can be seen in their French origins.

The importance of surnames is not just limited to tracing one's personal history. These names also play a crucial role in establishing family connections. In Guernsey, it is not uncommon to find multiple people with the same surname, who are related to one another. In fact, these connections often foster a strong sense of community and belonging among the residents of the island.

The Most Common Surnames in Guernsey

When it comes to surnames in Guernsey, some are more common than others. Here's a list of the top 10 most common surnames in Guernsey:

Bougourd: Bougourd is a Norman surname that is believed to have been derived from the Old French word 'bouger', which means 'to move or shake.'

Carey: Carey is an Anglo-Saxon surname that means 'dweller on a patch of land.' It is believed to have its roots in the Middle Ages.

De Jersey: De Jersey is a surname that is believed to have been derived from the French region of Jersey. This surname is particularly common in Guernsey, which is in close proximity to Jersey.

Falla: Falla is a surname that is believed to have originated in Normandy. The name is said to have been given to someone who lived near a waterfall or cascade.

Gallienne: Gallienne is a surname that is believed to have its roots in the town of Galinée in Brittany. It is also common in Normandy and Guernsey.

Le Page: Le Page is a surname that is believed to have been derived from the Old French word 'pagina', which means 'page or servant.' This surname is also common in Jersey.

Martel: Martel is a Norman surname that is believed to mean 'hammer' or 'maul.' The name is often associated with blacksmiths and metalworkers.

Mourant: Mourant is a surname that is believed to have been derived from the Norman surname Morel. This name is often associated with someone who was dark-haired or 'moorish.'

Priaulx: Priaulx is a surname that is believed to have been derived from the Norman surname Preaux. The name means 'a person from Preaux.'

Tostevin: Tostevin is a surname that is believed to have been derived from the Norman word 'Toste', which means 'toast' or 'roast.'

The Importance of Preserving Guernsey's Surnames

Guernsey's surnames are an essential part of its cultural heritage. These names contribute to the island's unique history and should be preserved for future generations. One way to accomplish this is through family history research. By tracing one's genealogy, individuals can learn more about their connection to the island's history and culture.

In conclusion, surnames in Guernsey play a vital role in the island's identity and provide insight into its unique history and culture. By understanding the significance of these names, we can gain a deeper appreciation for Guernsey's heritage and the role of family in its vibrant community.