Conybeare
English
editEtymology
editPerhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Devonshire, from either cony or Old English cyning (“king”) + Old English bearu (“grove, wood”).
Proper noun
editConybeare (plural Conybeares)
- A surname from Old English.
Descendants
edit- → Translingual: conybeari, conybearii
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Conybeare is the 26392nd most common surname in England, belonging to 149 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Conybeare”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 363.