English Surnames (British-English) - Writers' Corner

I’m an American, but I’ve found myself putting in characters of different countries of origin into my stories. It’s pretty easy to research Russian naming traditions, Spanish naming traditions, etc. but I find it hard to get a proper “British” name. I really mean English, since I’m not meaning Welsh or Scottish, but shrug.

I’d appreciate a list of really English sounding surnames (surnames specifically, but I wouldn’t raise my nose at any first names), something where I read it and can just picture a [name_u]Brit[/name_u] drinking tea (shitty stereotype, I know, but you know what I mean right?) I’m talking [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] Dent, [name_m]Benedict[/name_m] Cumberbatch, [name_m]Tom[/name_m] Hiddleston…that’s all I can think of but some help for truly English names would be nice D:

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