Common
See also: common
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Probably a variant of Cumming or a reduced form of McCommon.
Proper noun
[edit]Common (plural Commons)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Common is the 33856th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 672 individuals. Common is most common among White (63.54%) and Black/African American (32.74%) individuals.
Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Common
- (science fiction, fantasy) Denoting the name of a universal language in various works.
- Synonym: Standard
- 2011, Elizabeth Moon, Kings of the North, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 395:
- Both princesses spoke Common well enough. Soon we realized that they knew each other.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Common”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 358.