British surnames fall mainly into four broad categories: patronymic, occupational, descriptive and local.

英国人的姓氏主要分为四大类：父姓、职业姓、描述性的和本地姓。

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In fact, over fifty per cent of genuine British surnames derive from place names of different kinds, and so they belong to the last of our four main categories.

事实上，超过50%的真正的英国姓氏来源于不同种类的地名，所以地名是姓氏来源四个主要类别中的最后一类。

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