Fernyhough

English

Alternative forms

• Fernihough

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place near Endon, Staffordshire, from Old English fearniġ (“ferny”) + healh (“nook, corner”).

Proper noun

Fernyhough (plural Fernyhoughs)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Fernyhough is the 13153^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 417 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fernyhough”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 566.
• Forebears