The andrews Surname
andrews Name Meaning and History
English: patronymic from the personal name Andrew. This is
the usual southern English patronymic form, also found in Wales; the
Scottish and northern English form is Anderson. In North
America this name has absorbed numerous cases of the various European
cognates and their derivatives. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges
1988.)
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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