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SACK

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There are approximately 365 people named Sack in the UK. That makes it the 12,026th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 6 are named Sack.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Sack surname in historical dictionaries

SACK. A loose garment — a word still in use. There was an ancient fraternity called 'fratres saccati,' or sac-friars, from the coarse sackcloth garment which they wore. "Et eodem tempore (1257) novus ordo apparuit Londiui, qui, quia saccis incedebant iuduti, Fratres Saccati vocabantur." Matthew Paris. See Archajologia, iii. 121).

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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