HAVE you ever lived in Bracknell your whole life and come across someone with the same surname as you?

If so, chances are it's a pretty common surname in the Borough and thousands of others will have it too.

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The News has compiled a revealed a list of all the top 10 surnames in Bracknell and how many people have them, according to data registry website Forebears.

We have also looked at what the name means to give you a little idea about the meaning behind it.

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So far, the latest data available on the website is from 2014.

Top 10 surnames in Bracknell and what the name means:

  • Smith - 1,333

Descendant of the metal worker. The occupational surname is 'very common to every village in England'. Also 126th most common surname in the world

  • Jones - 804

Jones is a patronymic surname, meaning the son of John, or Johan or Jone; as at first written and pronounced, both masculine and feminine.

  • Taylor - 614

This surname is derived from an occupation from the Olde French, tailleur, a cutter of cloth. It is now understood that tailor shall be the trade-name, and Taylor and Tayler the surname.

  • Brown - 767

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor 'the son of Brun' (i.e. Brown), hence also Brownson.

  • Williams -584

Williams is a patronymic surname derived from the forename William. Its early origins are in medieval England, but the primary source of the surname is from Wales, where most surnames were adopted between about 1500 and 1800.

  • Wilson - 380

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor 'the son of William'.

  • Johnson - 394

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor 'the son of John'.

  • Davies - 380

Owing to the commonness of the Welsh patronymical use of Davies, this name stands fifth in point of numerousness in England and Wales.

  • Patel - 92

The Patel surname is most commonly of Indian (Gujarati) origin. The Hindu surname translates originally as "headman" or "village chief." It can also mean "farmer" from the Gujarati word pat or patlikh, for the owner/tenant of a piece of land.

  • Robinson - 305

Distributed all over England, except in the south west where it is either absent or extremely rare. Its great home is in the northern half of the country, the numbers rapidly diminishing as we approach the south of England.