Smallbone
English edit
Etymology edit
From small + bone, a nickname for a small person.
Proper noun edit
Smallbone (plural Smallbones)
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Smallbone is the 8859th most common surname in England, belonging to 703 individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Smallbone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.