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VERDON

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There are approximately 698 people named Verdon in the UK. That makes it the 8,843rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 11 are named Verdon.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Verdon surname in historical dictionaries

VERDON. Bertram de Verdun, the progenitor of this distinguished race, came in with the Conqueror, and was lord of Farneham-Royal, co. Bucks, which he held in chief in 1087, by the serjeanty of providing a glove for the King's right hand, on the day of his coronation, and of supporting his right hand while he held the royal sceptre. ■\''erdun is a town in the N.E. of France, department of Meuse; and it has been suggested that the family were derived from the Counts or Viscounts of Verdun. Vide L'Art de Verifier les Dates, xiii. "141:, Sussex Arch. Coll. x. 68. The Irish Verdous are descended from Bertram Verdon, who accompanied Prince (afterwards King) John, to that country, in 1184, and was appointed Seneschal of the English Pale. DAlton.

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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