Smallbone

English

Etymology

From small +‎ bone, a nickname for a small person.

Proper noun

Smallbone (plural Smallbones)

A surname transferred from the nickname.

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Smallbone is the 8859^th most common surname in England, belonging to 703 individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Smallbone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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