A woman has shared a “cool” reason behind why surnames became commonplace in England.
She claimed that before 1400, not many people had a surname; only rich people did, and that was to show off who they were descended from.
So, if you were a peasant living in a village, you would most likely spend your entire life there, so there was no need for a second name, she added.
But what would happen if two people in the same village had the same name? TikToker ... Read even more
