Conybeare
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Devonshire, from either cony or Old English cyning (“king”) + Old English bearu (“grove, wood”).
Proper noun
[edit]Conybeare (plural Conybeares)
- A surname from Old English.
Descendants
[edit]- → Translingual: conybeari, conybearii
Statistics
[edit]- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Conybeare is the 26392nd most common surname in England, belonging to 149 individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Conybeare”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 363.