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Norfolk Surname Origin
Locality. A county of England. Nord-folk, the north people, so called with regard to Suffolk, or the south people.
Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.
Norfolk Surname Meaning and Family Facts
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'Any man has had countless myriads of ancestors and among them any number of rich men and beggars, kings and slaves, Greeks and barbarians' --Plato