<Tr> <Th> Region of origin </Th> <Td> England; Liatroim, Ireland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Footnotes: Frequency Comparisons: </Td> </Tr> <P> Reynolds is a surname in the English language . There are two major lineages of the surname, Irish and English . Among the earliest recorded use of the surname is from the early 14th century; Walter Reynolds of Worcester, England . </P> <P> In Ireland, the Reynolds surname originates in and around County Leitrim, where the name was rather influential before the seventeenth century . In the Irish language, the surname is rendered Mac Raghnaill, and the name is ultimately derived from the Old Norse Rognvald a Latin borrowing of the two words regal and valor . It was also a surname of Irish Huguenots who came to Ireland from France to evade religious persecution in the 1600s . The original surname being Renault . Throughout Ireland's rich history, the Reynolds family name was a prominent one, and even today, County Leitrim is the principal stronghold of the name, nearly half the people in Ireland so called hailing from that area . </P>

Where did the last name reynolds come from