Common

See also: common

English

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Common (plural Commons)

1. 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

1. (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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 358.