Last name: SPENCER
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SPENCER : This last name is indexed 805,257 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
SPENCER : (Nor. Fr.) Le Despenser, a steward. The ancestor of the family assumed the name Le Despenser (Latin, dispensator), from being steward to the household of William the Conqueror.
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