Americans and Canadians who are Bahamian and probably don’t even know…
Americans and Canadians who are Bahamian and probably don’t even know it.
American surnames that originated in the Bahamas by bloodlines or marriage
Celebrating Bahamian Roots in American Heritage:
100 Surnames Born on Island Soil
America’s story includes countless cultures, and one of the most unique threads comes from the Bahamas. In the late 1700s, Loyalist families fleeing the American Revolution settled on islands throughout the Bahamas. They built communities with determination, creativity, and a spirit shaped by survival and opportunity. Over time, many of their descendants made their way back to the United States, especially to Florida and New York, carrying generations of Bahamian identity with them.
So if your last name appears in this list, remember that your heritage stretches far beyond American soil. You carry the legacy of families who rebuilt their lives on turquoise shores and turned hardship into strength.
Below are 100 surnames with their original Bahamian islands of settlement, based on historical land grants and settler records from the 1780s. The amount is much more, but this is all I could fit in for this post.
Adderley – Long Island
Aitkin – Abaco
Albury – Abaco
Allen – Great Exuma
Anderson – Long Island
Armbrister – Long Island
Armstrong – Abaco
Baker – Abaco
Barkly – Powells Cay
Barry – New Providence
Barrow – Great Exuma
Basden – Grand Caicos
Begbie – Long Island
Bonamy – Long Island
Boon – New Providence
Boyd – New Providence
Braker – Long Island
Brice – New Providence
Brown – Abaco
Buckley – Long Island
Burnet – Abaco
Cameron – Abaco
Campbell – Long Island
Calveras – Long Island
Cleare – Eleuthera
Clement – Abaco
Clements – Long Island
Cooke – Abaco
Cornish – Cat Island
Correy – New Providence
Crispin – Long Island
Cunningham – New Providence
Curry – Abaco
Dames – Great Exuma
Dean – Abaco
Deleveaux – Acklins
Delaporta – New Providence
Demeritte – Eleuthera
Denniston – Long Island
Deveaux – New Providence
Douglas – New Providence
Dowland – Long Island
Drysdale – Andros
Dubois – Eleuthera
Dunmore – Long Island
Ellory – Abaco
Farrington – Abaco
Ferguson – Abaco
Fernander – Eleuthera
Forbes – Long Island
Ford – Long Island
Foster – Long Island
Fox – Abaco
Friar – Long Island
Gamble – Turks Island
Gibson – Long Island
Glenton – Long Island
Goldsmith – Long Island
Gordon – Long Island
Graham – Great Exuma
Gray – Long Island
Green — Eluthera
Hall – Abaco
Hamilton – New Providence
Hanna – Eleuthera
Harold – New Providence
Harris – Abaco
Hepburn – Cat Island
Hodge – Abaco
Hogan – Long Island
Holland – Long Island
Holliday – Long Island
Howe – Long Island
Humes – New Providence
Ingraham – Eleuthera
Johnson – Long Island
Johnston – Long Island
Kelsall – Great Exuma
Kenady – Abaco
Kersey – Long Island
Lane – Long Island
Learmont – Long Island
Lockhart – Flamingo Cay
Lovell – Abaco
Lowe – Abaco
Mackey – Abaco
MacKinnen – Long Island
Malcolm – Crooked Island
Malone – Abaco
Marks – Abaco
McAlpine – Long Island
McAllister – Watlings Island
McArthur – Long Island
McCann – Long Island
McDonald – Long Island
McIntosh – Abaco
McKenzie – New Providence
McKinen – Long Island
McLean – Grand Caicos
McLeod – Long Island
Micklewhite – New Providence
Miller – Long Island
Millar – Long Island
Minns – Eleuthera
Minus – Eleuthera
Moody – New Providence
Moore – Exuma
Morely – New Providence
Morris – Long Island
Moss – Great Exuma
Motte – Long Island
Moultries – Great Exuma
Moultrie – Long Island
Muscdell – Little Exuma
Neilley – Abaco
North – North Cay
Oneil – Abaco
Outlaw – Long Island
Parks – Eleuthera
Panton – Exuma
Pearis – Abaco
Pemberton – Long Island
Pennybaker – Watlings Island
Phillips – Abaco
Plenish – Abaco
Pritchard – Abaco
Rahming – Long Island
Rainger – Abaco
Ragala – Long Island
Randel – Long Island
Roberts – Abaco
Roker – Long Island
Rolle – Great Exuma
Ross – New Providence
Roworth – Long Island
Rumer – Rum Cay
Russell – Abaco
Saunders – Abaco
Sawyer – Abaco
Simmery – New Providence
Simpson – New Providence
Smith – Long Island
Spence – New Providence
Stagg – New Providence
Stevens – Long Island
Stewart – Long Island
Storr – Watlings Island
Stout – New Providence
Struder – Long Island
Sweeting – Eleuthera
Tatnall – Long Island
Taylor – Long Island
Teigler – Cat Island
Telfair – Exuma
Thompson – Long Island
Todd – New Providence
Tubly – Cat Island
Tubner – New Providence
Turnbull – Long Island
Underwood – Abaco
Wallace – Cat Island
Waters – Abaco
Weech – Hog Cay
Wells – Long Island
White – Long Island
Williams – New Providence
William – Fresh Creek
Wilson – Long Island
Wood – Long Island
Wylly – Long Island
If you don’t see your surname let us know in the comments section…
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