Fishburn

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Fishburne

Etymology

From Old English fisċ (“fish”) + burna (“stream”).

Proper noun

Fishburn (countable and uncountable, plural Fishburns)

1. A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ364321).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fishburn is the 15471^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1893 individuals. Fishburn is most common among White (89.49%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fishburn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 578.