Last name: WORLD
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WORLD : This last name is indexed 17,545 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
WORLD : English (Hampshire): perhaps from Middle English world ‘world’ (Old English weorold) also used in the sense ‘eyes of the world public opinion’ and so possibly for a person known to judge others.
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