Archdeacon
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Archdeacon
Frequency: (103)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
English: occupational name from Middle English archedekene ‘archdeacon’ (Old English arcedīacon, Old French arc(h)ediacne), probably denoting someone in the service of an archdeacon.
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