As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

ELPHICK. There is a group of names which may fairly be placed around this as a common centre ; viz. Alphe, Alphen, Alphew, Alpheg, Elphee, El feck, Alphegh, &c. xElfech occurs in Domesd, as having l:)een a sub-tenant in Sussex, temp. Edw. Confessor, and not long previously, viz. A.D, 1006, St, Elphegus or Alphage was Archbishop of Canterbury. The personal

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


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