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SETTLE

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There are approximately 1,258 people named Settle in the UK. That makes it the 6,236th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 20 are named Settle.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Settle surname in historical dictionaries

SETTLE. A market town in the parish of Giggleswick, co. York. The family, though now chiefly resident in more southern counties, have within the present century held lands at Settle, where they are known to have been settled, temp. Henry VII., and probably much earlier.

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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