Last name: SELF

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SELF : This last name is indexed 67,280 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
SELF : 1: English (Norfolk and Suffolk): from the Middle English personal name Sa(h)ulf (Old English Sǣwulf from sǣ ‘sea’ + wulf ‘wolf’).2: North German: nickname from Low German self ‘self’ for a self-important person.
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