Smallbones Surname

897,852nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 298 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Smallbones Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. Seemingly a sobriquet affixed on one of small and delicate frame. But this is just a case where such a guess is tempting, and evidence of a local or other origin might at any moment upset the conclusion.

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Smallbones Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1731:322,07023,948
South Africa721:752,46852,376
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Belgium201:574,83253,219
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1731:140,89812,691
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Smallbones Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. Seemingly a sobriquet affixed on one of small and delicate frame. But this is just a case where such a guess is tempting, and evidence of a local or other origin might at any moment upset the conclusion.

1593. Buried — William Smalbone: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1691. Baptised — Joseph, s. Joseph Smallbones: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1740. Married — William Taylor and Mary Smallbones: St. George, Hanover Square.

1787. — Frances Calendarium Rotulorum Chartarum.

Weissense and Judith Smallbone: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) the second element of these nicknames (16th cent. Smalbone) may refer to ‘leg(s’ rather than ‘bone(s’ proper [Old English bán, bone, leg = Old Norse and Ger. bein, bone, leg]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This name occurs in the records of Leicester in the XIII. cent., and in the Lond. Direct, of the XIX. It probably refers to osseous slenderness.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From some local name compounded of bourn, a brook, Anglo-Saxon bum. Hence Collarbone, Crackbone, Fulborn, Kneebone, Newbone, Newborne, Stubborne, Whalebone.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Smallbones Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Smallbones Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Smallbones has its highest incidence in England. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smallbones? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 897,852nd most commonly held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 24,454,852 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 65 percent of Smallbones reside; 58 percent reside in Northern Europe and 58 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 322,070. In England Smallbones is most frequent in: Hampshire, where 39 percent live, Bedfordshire, where 12 percent live and Northamptonshire, where 8 percent live. Barring England this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 24 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.

Smallbones Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Smallbones has changed over time. In The United States it decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Smallbones Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Smallbones earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 22.19% more than the national average, earning R 290,376 per year and in Canada they earn 16.23% more than the national average, earning $57,747 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smallbone951,039/
Smalbone891/
Smallbane843/
Smallvone841/

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