Last name: ARMSTRONG
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ARMSTRONG : This last name is indexed 582,690 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
ARMSTRONG : 1: English and Scottish (mainly Northumberland and the Scottish Borders): nickname from Middle English arm + strang for someone who was ‘strong in the arm’.2: Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Labhradha Tréan ‘strong O'Lavery’ or Mac Thréinfhir literally ‘son of the strong man’.
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