Ayers
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Frequency: (13852)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
English: derivative of Ayer. The -s most probably represents a trace of the Latin nominative singular in heres ‘heir’, but it may also signify the son or servant of someone known as ‘the heir’, i.e. someone who was heir to some great estate.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
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Roy Ayers: Live at Ronnie Scott's
(1988 Music Film)
The Kevin Ayers Collection
(1983 Album by Kevin Ayers)
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