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There are approximately 26,750 people named Savage in the UK. That makes it the 362nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 423 are named Savage.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Nickname

Related and similar surnames

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Salvage
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The Savage surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

SAVAGE. Camden says, that this surname was introduced into England by a personage in the train of Isabella of France, queen of Edward II. There were, however, earlier settlements of families so named ; for a knight of this designation founded the Savages in Ireland immediately upon De Courcy's invasion, temp. Henry II. Le Sauvage was a sobriquet of early times, both in Normandy and England, M'hich implied, perhaps, a roughness of manners, like our indigenous AVild. In ancient deeds the common latiuization is Salvagius.

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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