Common

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English

Etymology 1

Probably a variant of Cumming or a reduced form of McCommon.

Proper noun

Common (plural Commons)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Common is the 33856^th 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

Proper noun

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

Galactic

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Common”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 358.

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