Popularity of the last name by country

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Origine of last name

LITTLE : 1: English: nickname for a small man (if not ironic) or distinguishing epithet for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name from Middle English littel Old English lȳtel (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Light">Light</a> 3).2: Irish: translation into English of Gaelic Ó Beagáin ‘descendant of Beagán’ (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Began">Began</a>).3: Americanized form (translation into English) of any of various European surnames meaning ‘little’ e.g. French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Petit">Petit</a> Polish Mały (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Maly">Maly</a> 1).4: Native American: translation into English (and shortening) of a personal name based on (or just composed of) a word meaning ‘little’ such as Navajo Hastiin Yázhí ‘Little Man’ (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Yazzie">Yazzie</a>). Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Littleman">Littleman</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Shorty">Shorty</a> 1.

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