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*[https://manxnationalheritage.im/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/info-sheet-First-Manx-Names.pdf '''Manx National Heritage: Some Manx First Names'''] | *[https://manxnationalheritage.im/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/info-sheet-First-Manx-Names.pdf '''Manx National Heritage: Some Manx First Names'''] | ||
*[https://books.google.com/books/about/Manx_Names.html?id=FvsEAAAAIAAJ '''Manx Names: Or, The Surnames and Place-names of the Isle of Man'''], e-book. | *[https://books.google.com/books/about/Manx_Names.html?id=FvsEAAAAIAAJ '''Manx Names: Or, The Surnames and Place-names of the Isle of Man'''], e-book. | ||
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==Surnames== | ==Surnames== | ||
Indigenous Manx names tend to be predominately Gaelic in origin, with some Norse, Norman and English input as well. Because of the low population of the country (currently round about 70,000), and a large influx of people during the 19th and 20th centuries, surnames from elsewhere are particularly common.<ref>"Manx surnames", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_surnames, accessed 21 February 2021.</ref> | Indigenous Manx names tend to be predominately Gaelic in origin, with some Norse, Norman and English input as well. Because of the low population of the country (currently round about 70,000), and a large influx of people during the 19th and 20th centuries, surnames from elsewhere are particularly common.<ref>"Manx surnames", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_surnames, accessed 21 February 2021.</ref> | ||
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