Why is Jones the most popular name in Wales, but they don't have J in the alphabet?

Cause although there is no J, the Welsh language did borrow words from the English language (many of which had a J).





"Jones" is an anglicization (in both pronunciation as well as spelling,) of "ap Si么n" meaning "Son Of John" = Johnson. The "Si" in Si么n, is pronounced as "Sh" which as you can see, leads it to sound somewhat like "John".








Hope that made sense

Why is Jones the most popular name in Wales, but they don't have J in the alphabet?
It is fairly well known that there are relatively few Welsh surnames. In fact Professor Hartmann (Americans from Wales, 1967) concludes that "Some thirty-nine surnames include about 95 per cent of the Welsh, wherever they are found". He notes four categories:





* Those derived from Christian names common in England - like Jones, Thomas, Davies and Williams.


* Surnames which originally contained the prefix "ap" (meaning "son of" in the same way as the Scottish "Mac"). Examples of these are Pritchard (ap Richard) and Bowen (ap Owen with the 'p' hardened to 'b').


* Surnames derived from pure Celtic sources - like Lloyd, Morgan, Gwynn, Vaughan, Meredith and Llewelyn.


* Surnames from English sources which became well known in parts of Wales.
Reply:There IS a 'j' in the Welsh alphabet now...check this out..





http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/ng...