Carrying the meaning of "champion", the fine Irish surname of MacKney is first found in the records of County Down, where they had held a family seat during the most ancient of days.
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It is a German surname,,,
it was pure english surname
Stefanidis is a Greek surname.
D'iorio is an Italian surname.
Castaneda is a Spanish surname.
The surname Lehr originates from Germany, where it is derived from the Middle High German word "lernære," meaning "teacher" or "scholar." It is likely an occupational surname given to someone who worked as a teacher or scholar in the medieval period.
From a surname website: The surname Hayward is of English origin.
The Amstutz surname originated in Germany.
The surname Zamora is of Hispanic origin.
The Philippines, I believe. It is my surname as well.
The surname Nottage originated from England.