Fernyhough
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place near Endon, Staffordshire, from Old English fearniġ (“ferny”) + healh (“nook, corner”).
Proper noun
Fernyhough (plural Fernyhoughs)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Fernyhough is the 13153rd 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