Findon

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English

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Etymology

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From either Old English finn (coarse grass) or fīn (heap, pile, especially of wood) + dūn (hill).[1]

Proper noun

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Findon (countable and uncountable, plural Findons)

  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    1. A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1208).
    2. A coastal village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO9397).
    3. A western suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
  2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

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Statistics

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  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Findon is the 18807th most common surname in England, belonging to 249 individuals.

References

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  1. ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.

Further reading

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