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FLEET

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There are approximately 3,757 people named Fleet in the UK. That makes it the 2,710th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 59 are named Fleet.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Nickname

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The Fleet surname in historical dictionaries

FLEET. A-Sax. fleot. A harbour for vessels, an arm of the sea, a haven ; hence Northfleet, youthfleet, and the Fleet, a tributary of the Thames, which gave name to Fleet Street. The celebrated jurist, Fleta, is said to have adopted that name, about temp. Edw. II., from his l.aviug been a prisoner in the Fleet at the time when he wrote his treatise on the common law. Fuller's Wor. ii. 36(5. There are parishes in cos. Dorset and Lincoln so called.

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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