Lewis (surname) Anglicised into "Lewis", with among the earliest examples being the Lewis family of Glamorgan in the 1540s. Another is the Gaelic surname "Mac Lughaidh", meaning "son of "Lughaidh"", which has also been Anglicised as "Lewis". The surname "Lewis" is also an Anglicisation of several like-sounding Jewish surnames, such as "Levy" or "Levi", and of the Arab form of the name "Elias". Lewis is the 4th most common surname in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 6th most common surname in Wales, 22nd most common in England, 24th most common in the United States and 129th most common in Scotland. Lewis (surname)
Curry (surname) Curry (surname) Curry is a common surname used in Ireland, Scotland and England. In England and Scotland, it is thought to derive from local place names and, in Scotland, also possibly from MacVurich. In some cases the surname is an Anglicised form of the Irish "Ó Comhraidhe"; the "h" lenites the preceding consonant, so the Anglicised form is not far from the pronunciation in Irish. It sometimes takes the form Corry or Corra, especially in the northern counties, where in the few early records in which the name is found the prefix ‘Mac’ is usually substituted for ‘O’. Corry, however,