Bywater

English

Etymology

From by +‎ water, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a lake or river.

Proper noun

Bywater (plural Bywaters)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bywater is the 24305^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1032 individuals. Bywater is most common among White (94.67%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bywater”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 264.