Bignell
English edit
Etymology edit
Habitational surname from a small place near Bicester, from the Old English personal name Biċġa + hyll (“hill”).
Proper noun edit
Bignell (countable and uncountable, plural Bignells)
- A surname from Old English.
- An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bignell is the 36736th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 608 individuals. Bignell is most common among White (97.2%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bignell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 159.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- en:Unincorporated communities in Nebraska, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Nebraska, USA
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