how old is your last name?

[spaceman]

mines a fobby name
i think SOB
switched off boat
early 20th cent...

 

[Platypus]

My last name is of Spanish origin, no idea on the age.

 

[yllus]

Tribe of Prophet Muhammad old.

 

[Cheeseplug]

I know at least from ~700 AD. The O Duiling family was one of the influential political/military families from that era in Ireland.

 

[Key West]

I'm Asian, therefore my last name probably predates Christ easily.

 

[Kipper717]

I was able to trace my family name back to Scotland in the mid 1700's with a 5 minute search on google. One of my older brothers has done a lot of research and I know my great-great grandfather came over to the USA sometime in the 1880's.

 

[KeithTalent]

How the hell would I know that?

KT

 

[Modelworks]

1675 - swiss/german, when they came to the USA in the same year it changed somewhat , I guess because of the accent and how many people could not write at the time.

 

[olds]

Looks like the year 975 was the earliest it was recorded.

 

[Nik]

My sister tracked our family line back to the 1300's. Pretty cool

 

[DarkWarrior2]

Apparently middle ages or so. Can't seem to find much more beyond that...

 

[KeithTalent]

Ah ok, looks like it was early 1500s. /shrug

KT

 

[Quasmo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliaferro

intersting

 

[Pepsei]

My last name came from a clan that was founded by the a son of prince Jinwu in the Springs and Autumns Period (c. 8th to 5th Centuries BC) in china.

 

[geno]

Since around 1350 according to Wikipedia

 

[drum]

from around 1066 from what I can find. 38th most popular surname in the US

 

[Jeeebus]

first google link I clicked on says it's about 900 years old, originating in Portugal.

 

[sdifox]

BC

 

[SP33Demon]

10th Century Norman. Apparently I'm a descendant of the Vikings. /cool

 

[CrackRabbit]

I've seen two conflicting answers.
10th century Norman or 12th-13th century German.
Doesn't really matter much to me.

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

sometime before 7th century AD from what I can find, it's a pretty common name in germany and the neterlands though.

 

[BornStar]

My surname is impossible to search for. There isn't a genealogy page out there that doesn't include it. It's German and means "spring" or "well" and I know there are people living in Germany that I share my last name with but I can't find good information on how old it is.

 

[BrokenVisage]

I was expecting a link or something to help me tell how old it is.. how the f should I know?

 

[rasczak]

inspired by the slave name thread... my last name is neither Americanized nor a slave name. my father's side of the family traces back pretty cleanly to 1600's Quebec.

wouldn't know where to start

 

[OverVolt]

How the hell would I know that?

OV