Fanshawe
English
editEtymology
editFrom an unknown element, possibly multiple distinct words originally, compounded with shaw (“forest, woods”).
Proper noun
editFanshawe (countable and uncountable, plural Fanshawes)
- A surname.
- A town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Fanshawe is the 14915th most common surname in England, belonging to 351 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fanshawe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 550.
- Forebears