Smith

For the last two hours I've been dabbling in some genealogy. I'm trying to track down my Irish side, and find out where in Ireland my family comes from. I managed to confirm that my great-grandmother (grams)'s maiden name was Dunn. Then, I googled it, and found out that Dunn, or Dunne, is the 27th most common name in Ireland. So, I'm basically an Irish Smith, but at least that's something.

Also, the highest concentrations are in Dublin and county Kildare. And, the meaning of the surname originates from the Irish word "donn" meaning "brown". However, there's also the possibility that it comes from the word "dun" meaning "hill". In fact, the family war cry and clan motto is "Mullach Abu" meaning "people of the hill forever".

Interesting, no?

Also I found the family crest, and some other interesting stuff here.