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Question: Last name Risser and Freeman, Watson, and Prickett!?
where did they originate!. list them one by one!. thank you very much, and if you want to be chosen for the best answer, where did Park and Molnar come fromWww@QuestionHome@Com


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Risser Name Meaning and History
South German: variant of Riss 1,2!.
Americanized form of Swiss German Rüsser (see Reusser)!.

Top Places of Origin for Risser
Place of
Origin Risser Immigrants
Germany 31
Switzerland 14
France 8
Bavaria 7
England 7
Hesse 7


Freeman Name Meaning and History
English: variant of Free!.
Irish: Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic ó Saoraidhe (see Seery)!.
In New England, an English equivalent of French Foissy (see Foisy)!.
Translation of German Freimann (see Freiman)!.

Top Places of Origin for Freeman
Place of
Origin Freeman Immigrants
England 544
Ireland 386
Great Britain 123
Germany 37
Scotland 19
Sweden 17


Watson Name Meaning and History
Scottish and northern English: patronymic from the personal name Wat (see Watt)

Top Places of Origin for Watson
Place of
Origin Watson Immigrants
England 2054
Scotland 1123
Ireland 870
Great Britain 464
Britain 36
Germany 36


Prickett Name Meaning and History
variant of Pritchett!.
nickname from Middle English priket, a buck in its second year!.

Top Places of Origin for Prickett
Place of
Origin Prickett Immigrants
England 12
Ireland 4
Great Britain 1
Germany 1
Barbados 1


Park Name Meaning and History
English and Scottish: from Middle English, Old French parc ‘park’; a metonymic occupational name for someone employed in a park or a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a park!. In the Middle Ages a park was a large enclosed area where the landowner could hunt game!.
English and Scottish: from a medieval pet form of the personal name Peter!. Compare Parkin!.
Swedish: ornamental name from park ‘park’!.
Korean: variant of Pak!.

Top Places of Origin for Park
Place of
Origin Park Immigrants
Scotland 317
England 311
Ireland 252
Great Britain 91
Germany 31
Scotland,Great Britain 13


Molnar Name Meaning and History
Hungarian (Molnár) and Jewish (from Hungary): occupational name from molnár ‘miller’, probably a Magyarized form of the Slavic word for a miller, mlinar!. Molnar is also found as a Slovenian surname!.
Dutch: variant of Molenaar ‘miller’!.

Top Places of Origin for Molnar
Place of
Origin Molnar Immigrants
Hungary 69
Austria 30
Germany 5
Preussen 3
Russia 3
England 2Www@QuestionHome@Com

UK answer!.

Risser Name Meaning and History
South German: variant of Riss 1,2!.
Americanized form of Swiss German Rüsser (see Reusser)!.

Freeman Name Meaning and History
English: variant of Free!.
Irish: Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic ó Saoraidhe (see Seery)!.
In New England, an English equivalent of French Foissy (see Foisy)!.
Translation of German Freimann (see Freiman)!.

Watson Name Meaning and History
Scottish and northern English: patronymic from the personal name Wat (see Watt)

Prickett Name Meaning and History
variant of Pritchett!.
nickname from Middle English priket, a buck in its second year!.

Park Name Meaning and History
English and Scottish: from Middle English, Old French parc ‘park’; a metonymic occupational name for someone employed in a park or a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a park!. In the Middle Ages a park was a large enclosed area where the landowner could hunt game!.
English and Scottish: from a medieval pet form of the personal name Peter!. Compare Parkin!.
Swedish: ornamental name from park ‘park’!.
Korean: variant of Pak!.

Molnar Name Meaning and History
Hungarian (Molnár) and Jewish (from Hungary): occupational name from molnár ‘miller’, probably a Magyarized form of the Slavic word for a miller, mlinar!. Molnar is also found as a Slovenian surname!.
Dutch: variant of Molenaar ‘miller’!.

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