For Dingwall there are 687 on Yasni with different names.
Among the most common last names on Yasni Dingwall is on position 3840.
Dingwall stems from Viking or Scandinavian history. The leaders or chiefs of a families, villiages, clans or communities would have a gathering called a "Thing" in a location or "Vale". The people living closest to the Thing Vale became known as or named Thingvale or some derivation such as Thinger, Thingle. As languages evolved by mixing them the names became Dingwall, Dingwell, Dingle and similar.This became an event when the leaders would meet to set rules and goals for purpose of trading, commerce and social conduct as well as settle disputes. As the meetings grew in number the Dingwall evolved into the person to control the meetings making sure each Chief had his turn to speak and tried to keep order. Disclaimer:I am not a professional nor expert in names and their history or meaning. This is a brief of my own interpretation and understanding from various works, books, articles and documents I have read. Please feel free to use the above information for your own personal purposes but not for publication unless you can verify and document your works.
(Sent from: Dale Dingwall)
