And often they do not use a surname at all.

Surname meaning royal. Along with the likes of Béyonce Madonna and Cheryl The Royal Family dont use their surname - meaning most of us probably dont actually have a clue what it is. Rivas is a toponymic surname for someone who came from any of the several places called Rivas or Ribas in Spain. Early History of the Royal family This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Royal research.

The surname Royal was first found in Kent where they held a family seat from very early times and where they were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy their liege Lord for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 AD. Hahm is a western Korean occupational surname and means seller of weighing scales. Maine had the highest population of Royal families in 1840.

These places all mean rye hill derived from the. The Royal family name was found in the USA the UK Canada and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. His interesting surname of English origin is a locational name from a place so called in Cheshire deriving from the Old English pre 7th Century personal name Cyna a short from of the various compound names with the first element cyne meaning Royal or Cena a byname meaning Keon Bold or a short form of various compound personal names with this first element plus the Old English pre 7th Century.

So just like Johnson is the son of Jon and Jackson is son of Jack Anastasakis is son of Anastasios. This interesting and unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is a locational surname deriving from any one of the places called Ryal and Ryle in Northumberland and Ryhill in Humberside and West Yorkshire. This was about 25 of all the recorded Royals in the USA.

Often spelled as Huh this Korean surname means to. Gonzales - son of Gonzalo war or battle. These Spanish names are less common than the ones above yet they still have an exciting history behind them and are used to this day.

Before 1917 members of the British Royal Family had no surname but only the name of the house or dynasty to which they belonged. Han refers to country or leader. The most Royal families were found in the USA in 1880.