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Mayo
English
The surname 'Mayo' originates from England. It is a variant of 'Mayhew', derived from the Norman given name of 'Mahieu', a variant of 'Mathieu', which in itself is derived from the medieval given name of 'Mathew', of biblical origin, ultimately from the Hebrew male given name of 'Matityahu' meaning 'Gift of God', recorded in the Greek New Testament in the form of 'Matth(a)ias', Taken into Latin as both 'Matthias' and 'Matthaeus', the former being used for the apostle and the latter from the evangelist. Public and Civil registry archive's confirm that the surname 'Mayo' and or it's variant's, date as far back as the sixteenth century were a 'Nicholas Mayo', is registered at the University of Oxford, England, in 1537. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definitely determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive's confirm that one of the first settlers was ...
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BlazonMayo
1. Coat of arms of family: Mayo
Language of the text: English
Azure a chevron vair between three ducal coronets proper.
Gules a chevron vair between three ducal coronets or. Crest-Out of a ducal coronet or, a sinister hand proper between two wings argent.
Heraldic Sources: "Irish Names and Surnames" by Rev.Patrick Woulfe; "Emigrants from England to the American Colonies 1773-1776" by Peter Wilson Coldham; 2Burke's American Families the genealogical publishing company"; "A Dictionary of Surnames" by Hanks and Hodges.
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Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
