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Ap is Welsh and is equivalent to the Mc in Scotland or the O' in Ireland. It means son of. In some cases the ap became part of the following name eg Price is a corruption of ap Rees and Bevan is a corruption of ap Evan.

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ap means son of in Welsh genealogy. An example would be Rhys ap Rhys,meaning son of Rhys. people didn't have last names until the English either assigened oe or made a person take one for taxation purposes

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"Ap" is a Welsh patronymic surname prefix that means "son of" in English. It is used to indicate the father's first name. For example, "Ap Evan" would mean "son of Evan."

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