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Origin and Etymology of the Surname ALLAWAY, ELLAWAY.

From A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley, A. Bardsley, 1901.

ALLAWAY, ELLAWAY. A baptismal name; v. Allvey, Alloway. This is a natural variant, the intrusive a being euphonic; cf. Greenaway, Hathaway, Ottaway, &c.

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