Bigland
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editHabitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old Norse bygg (“barley”) + Old English land (“land”).
Proper noun
editBigland (plural Biglands)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bigland is the 12731st most common surname in England, belonging to 436 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bigland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 159.
- Forebears