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PERCIVAL

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There are approximately 9,469 people named Percival in the UK. That makes it the 1,108th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 150 are named Percival.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Percival surname in historical dictionaries

PERCIVAL. Camden places this among baptismal names. The Earl of Egmont claims to be descended from a family who were seated at Weston-Gordeyn, in Somersetshire, in the reign of Richard Co2ur de Lion. The original Percival was a cadet of the great Norman family of Yvery. See Gen. Hist, of House of Yvery, privately printed in 1742.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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