Fitz William Surname

14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Fitz William Surname Definition:

“As to the time and occasion of assuming this surname, the greatest certainty I have found is that William, the son of William FitzGodric, in King Henry the Second’s dayes, called himself William Fitz William.”— Dugdale. It probably here stands for the Robertus filius Willelmi who held de capite both in Derby and Nottingham (Domesday), and became a very considerable landowner during the reign of Henry I.

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Fitz William Surname Distribution Map

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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Fitz William Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“As to the time and occasion of assuming this surname, the greatest certainty I have found is that William, the son of William FitzGodric, in King Henry the Second’s dayes, called himself William Fitz William.”— Dugdale. It probably here stands for the Robertus filius Willelmi who held de capite both in Derby and Nottingham (Domesday), and became a very considerable landowner during the reign of Henry I., whose tutor he had been (see Archer).

— The Battle Abbey Roll (1889) by Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett
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