Bysouth
English
editEtymology
editTopographic surname for someone who lived to the south of a settlement, from Old English bī (“by”) + sūþ (“south”).
Proper noun
editBysouth (plural Bysouths)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bysouth is the 12694th most common surname in England, belonging to 438 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bysouth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 264.