At it's shortest distance, the French mainland is 21 miles from the south coast of England.
"Some of the most widespread surnames in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais: Lefebvre, Carpentier, Fournier, Mercier, Carlier, Dufour, Dupuis, Dupont, Dubois, Dumont, Marechal, Leroy, Lecomte, Lebrun, Leblanc, Richard, Allard..."
Have you ever met anyone in Kent or Sussex with the surnames like LeFebvre or Dupont? In fact, have you ever heard those surnames in England, ever?
I live in southern England (albeit not on the south coast) and I have NEVER met anyone, either at school or anywhere else, with a French surname.
That seems a little odd to me. You would think that would be a high degree of overlap especially in the home counties given the proximity to France and near constant contact over ten centuries. Even Henry VIII would hop over to Calais to watch jousting. It is literally no distance.
If things made sense, probably 20% of Kent and Sussex surnames should be French and vice-versa in northern France.
It's kind of baffling yet cute to think that southern coast English/ northern coast French have lived in complete isolation from one another and hardly even aware of the other's existence despite being able to see each others houses on a clear day. Says a lot about the power of tribalism and community.
And yet we're led to believe that multiculturalism and mass immigration from the other side of the world was bound to happen to us because "the world is getting smaller" and now Patel and Mahmood vye for the top spot as England's most common surname. Something not right about that.
Why aren't French surnames commonly found in England?
I think anyone who may have moved to the South East from France would have changed their name just to fit in.
Isambard Brunel had French heritage. And more recently I know footballer Matt LeTissier also singers Simon Le Bon and Alison Moyet. There will be many more
Thinking Louis Theroux and Ricky Gervais have to have French ancestry as well.
Most of the French immigrants have been in England for centuries so their surnames would have been Anglicised by now.
But you still have names like Farage, Theroux, Gervais etc
Nigel Farage
The are. Most have just been translated or anglicanized.
My surname is French. They just got rid of the 'de' before it in the 1900s for some reason. Shame desu, having 'de' before your surname is patrician as fuck
Only Huguenot names are present in England. I see no reason for other French names to be so.
Most old French names here are from the Norman invasion of England in 1066.
The Normans mostly took over the upperclasses. Most average Brits have occupational or regional based Germanic/celtic names.
One of my great, great, great ancestors came over from france. I vaguely remember my dad saying when he was researching the family tree.
>the French mainland is 21 miles from the south coast of England
>It is literally no distance.
do you even think before you start spouting retarded lies?
This. Although 'van der' is God tier
>.t user van der user
>"Some of the most widespread surnames in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais: Lefebvre, Carpentier, Fournier, Mercier, Carlier, Dufour, Dupuis, Dupont, Dubois, Dumont, Marechal, Leroy, Lecomte, Lebrun, Leblanc, Richard, Allard..."
Hahahahahah more like ElRyad, N'Dongo, Papaouté, AlNusratin, Kaderiad, etc...
You forgot Traoré.
>papaoutes
Fucking kek
Are those French nigger names or something.
apparently 'martin' is the most common french surname, loads of them in bongland
[admittedly a simple Christian name surname]
>French nigger
*niggers in France
I have a french surname
Names get anglicised overtime. Think the other way around. Not many people with english surnames in northern France either. But «Carpentier» can easily become «Carpenter» and so on
>Why aren't French surnames commonly found in England?
they got changed. for example, beauvoir became beaver. beauchamp became beecham.
I farted.
niggers in paris
No one wants to settle on your godforsaken island
My family has a Norman surname. They crossed the Channel with William. Kept the name, but anglicized the spelling a little.
Do you think any French men would willingly cross the channel and marry one of your skanks?
10% of surnames here are of French Norman origin and a few common Irish surnames are anglicised version of French surnames like Dillon = De Leon , Tobin = de St. Aubyn.