Surnames That Begin with "U"

Most Common Surname Beginning with "U": Underwood

Underwood is a surname of Scottish and English descent that comes from the Olde English words that designated a person who lived in or just outside the forest. Literally, “under wood” meant living beneath the trees and was more a location than a name. Underwood is also a place in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Ayrshire in England. It was recorded as a surname in the twelfth century as a William Underwude in Yorkshire and a William Under the Wode in Staffordshire. One of the early settlers in America from London landed in Virginia and was named Joseph Underwood, and at least seven families boast coats of arms for the surname Underwood.

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