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Surnames that begin with the letter P:

Paddock  (origin: Old English.) 

Page   

Paine   

Paisley  (origin: Welsh. Local) 

Palmer   

Pancost   

Pangbourn  (origin: Local) 

Pardie   

Paris  (origin: Local) 

Parke   

Parnell   

Parret;Perrot  (origin: Local) 

Parry  (origin: Welsh.) 

Parsall  (origin: Local) 

Parshall  (origin: Local) 

Parson   

Patrick   

Patrick  (origin: Latin.) 

Pauline   

Paxton  (origin: Local) 

Payne   

Peabody   

Peacock   

Pearson;Pierson   

Pedin  (origin: Local) 

Peebles  (origin: Local) 

Peele  (origin: Local) 

Pelham  (origin: Local) 

Pell   

Pellyn, now Pillings  (origin: Cor. Br.) 

Pendleton  (origin: Local) 

Penelope  (origin: Greek.) 

Peney  (origin: Local) 

Pennant  (origin: Cor. Br.) 

Pennington  (origin: Local) 

Penny;Pinny   

Pennyman;Pennymon  (origin: Welsh. Local) 

Percy;Piercy;Percey  (origin: Local) 

Perkins   

Perry   

Pevensey  (origin: Local) 

Peyton   

PhŒbe  (origin: Greek.) 

Phelps   

Philip  (origin: Greek.) 

Phippen   

Physick   

Pickering  (origin: Local) 

Pickersgill  (origin: Local) 

Pierpont  (origin: Fr.) 

Piggot;Pickett   

Pigman   

Pilcher   

Pittman;Putman   

Playfair  (origin: Local) 

Playsted   

Pleasants  (origin: Local) 

Plympton  (origin: Local Cor. Br.) 

Poindexter  (origin: Fr.) 

Polk   

Pollard   

Polley  (origin: Local) 

Pollock  (origin: Local) 

Polyxena  (origin: Greek.) 

Pomeroy  (origin: Fr.) 

Poole  (origin: Local) 

Porcher   

Porson   

Poulton  (origin: Local) 

Powell   

Powers  (origin: Welsh.) 

Pratt   

Prescot  (origin: Welsh. Local) 

Pressley  (origin: Local) 

Preston  (origin: Local) 

Prichard  (origin: Welsh.) 

Pringle  (origin: Local) 

Priscilla  (origin: Lat.) 

Prodgers;Progers;Proger   

Provoost;Proost   

Prudence  (origin: Lat.) 

Pugh;Pye   

Putnam  (origin: Dutch.) 

Putzkammer  (origin: Ger.) 

Pye   


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