Underhay
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably a topographic surname, from Old English under (“under”) + heġe (“hedge; fence”).[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Underhay (plural Underhays)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Underhay is the 16371st most common surname in England, belonging to 306 individuals.
References[edit]
- ^ Mark Antony Lower (1860) “Underhay”, in Patronymica Britannica. A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom., London: John Russell Smith, […]; Lewes: G. P. Bacon, page 361, column 1.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Underhay”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears