last name battle
does anyone know the origins of my last name? it's Battle my heritage is native american, french and african american, i don't talk to my fater so i don't know much about my family.
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Check this:

English and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from a place named as having been the site of a battle, from Old French bataille ‘battle’. In some cases, this may be Battle in Sussex, site of the Battle of Hastings, but this name was taken to Scotland by a family from Umfreville, France, in the early 13th century.

http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=Battle&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
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In ancient times in Italy BATTAGLIA (venetian Battaglin)has been a surname that's why now Battaglia is quite common around Italy.
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