Norman Surnames Still Signal Wealth

The piece claims Britons with Norman‑origin surnames (e.g., Glanville) are more likely to be wealthy than those with Anglo‑Saxon names (e.g., Smith, Cooper), a millennium after 1066. It ties this to how Norman elites recast 'English' as 'British' to justify rule, suggesting that identity and class stratification from conquest still echo in today’s politics. — If conquest‑era lineage still predicts wealth, debates on inequality, nationalism, and elite legitimacy must reckon with deep ancestral persistence rather than only recent policy or markets.