Runciman: NZ
Father | RUNCIMAN |
NameAnalysis | Earliest reference in NZ is 1840 (which must have been extracted from other sources for the BDM index as birth registration didn't begin officially until 1848); Only 2 by 1854 (which year was picked for comparison with the Scottish OPRs given that so far the assumption is that this surname is primarily Scottish)1,2 |
SurnameVariant | The BDM indexes for NZ are exact match searches, so variants are not as easy to locate. Searches to date (to 1854) covered: RUNCIMAN; RUNCIEMAN; RUNSIMAN; RUNCHIMAN; RUNCHMAN, with only the first netting any results |
Last Edited | 6 Jan 2013 |