Do you have a family connection to Suffolk? These ten traditional surnames have roots in the East Anglian county, so if they appear in your tree, they could indicate Suffolk heritage.
1. ALDOUS
This East Anglian name comes from the Middle English female personal name Aldus.
2. BLOWERS
This occupational surname relates to workers who operated bellows in smithies.
3. ELLISTON
This variant of Elston is most common in Suffolk.
4. FISK
In 1881 this name appears frequently in Eyke, Ipswich and Lowestoft.
5. GARNHAM
Suffolk was home to about 40 per cent of all of the Garnhams recorded in the 1891 census records.
6. GARROD
Derived from the Norman personal name Gerald, this surname is common in Suffolk and Norfolk.
7. GODBOLD
This comes from the Germanic personal name Godebald meaning both ‘good’ and ‘courageous’.
8. GRIMWOOD
This surname also traces it origins back to a Germanic personal name, in this case Grimward.
9. LAST
In 1881 Ipswich St Clement had the most Lasts.
10. NEWSON
This is the most common Suffolk variant of a number of related habitational surnames.
