Fishburn
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Fishburne
Etymology edit
From Old English fisċ (“fish”) + burna (“stream”).
Proper noun edit
Fishburn (countable and uncountable, plural Fishburns)
- A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ364321).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fishburn is the 15471st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1893 individuals. Fishburn is most common among White (89.49%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fishburn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 578.