There is a good chance your name is on this flag alongside our football heros!
You might have to really squint to see it but your name is probably in there if you look hard enough
The flag is flying over English Heritage’s historic properties in a show of support for the national team.The surnames – from Aamir to Zyla – are arranged alphabetically and capture those with more than 100 occurrences in the country.The flag can also be explored and searched at a newly created website which also gives some demographic and historic information about each name.
English Heritage have also launched a website where you can search a digital version for your own name and learn more about it Harry Maguire’s surname is found most in Liverpool and comes from the Irish language Mag Uidhir, which means ‘son of Odha’ or ‘son of the dun or pale coloured one’. The flag is the brainchild of Professor John Denham, director of the Centre for English Identity and Politics at the University of Southampton.
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