| |  | | There are 11,681 people with the Place surname on MyHeritage.com
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| | | | Where do people with the Place surname come from: |
| | | | | | The meaning of the name Place:
| - topographic name for someone who lived in the main market square of a town or village, from Middle English, Old French place (Late Latin platea (via) ‘broad street’, ‘free public open space in a town’).
- from Middle English, Old French plaise ‘plaice’, ‘flatfish’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or a seller of these fish, or perhaps a nickname for someone thought to resemble a flatfish.
- topographic name for someone who lived near a quickset fence, from Middle English, Old French pleis (Latin plexum, past participle of plectere ‘to plait or weave’).
| | | Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, Mar 2003 |
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| | | | Most popular first names with surname Place:
Ann
Catherine
Elizabeth
Enoch
Francis
George
Hannah
John
Joseph
Margaret
Martha
Mary
Sarah
Thomas
William
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