Have you ever wondered if you might be distantly related to the Royal Family? According to researchers, a surprising number of common surnames could point to aristocratic or even royal connections somewhere in your family tree.

The Royal Family itself currently uses the double-barrelled surname Mountbatten-Windsor. “Windsor” has been the family house name for generations, while “Mountbatten” came from Prince Philip, who adopted his mother’s family name when he became a British citizen in 1947. After Queen Elizabeth II took the throne in 1952, she combined the two surnames as a tribute to her husband.

The 100 surnames linked to royal ancestry

Here’s the list of surnames that might suggest a distant royal connection:

Abel, Alden, Appleton, Ayer, Barber, Barclay, Beverly, Binney, Brooke, Brown, Campbell, Carroll, Chauncey, Coleman, Cooper, Davis, Dickinson, Darling, Douglas, Dunbar, Edwards, Ellery, Ellis, Emmett, Evans, Farley, Fleming, Forest, French, Gardiner, George, Gerard, Gerry, Gibson, Graham, Hamilton, Haynes, Herbert, Hill, Howard, Hume, Irving, Jackson, James, Jenkins, Johnson, Kane, Kennedy, Ker, Key, King, Langdon, Lawrence, Lee, Leonard, Livingston, Lloyd, McCall, McDonald, Malcalester, Montgomery, Morris, Morton, Nelson, Nicholson, Nixon, Norris, O’Carroll, Ogle, Opie, Parsons, Patterson, Peabody, Pomeroy, Porter, Pratt, Preston, Quay, Randolph, Read, Reeve, Robinson, Rogers, Sanford, Shaw, Smith, Sowden, Stanley, Taylor, Townsend, Turner, Tyler, Valentine, Varson, Walker, Watts, White, Whiting, Williams, Young.