Fownes
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French faon (“fawn”), probably a nickname for a lively or frisky person.
Proper noun
editFownes (plural Fowneses)
- A surname from Old French.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Fownes is the 24447th most common surname in England, belonging to 168 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fownes”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 594.