Fownes

English

Etymology

From Old French faon (“fawn”), probably a nickname for a lively or frisky person.

Proper noun

Fownes (plural Fowneses)

1. A surname from Old French.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Fownes is the 24447^th most common surname in England, belonging to 168 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fownes”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 594.