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Coburn
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Origin Of The Surname Coburn
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Meaning Of The Surname Coburn
From the Town by the Stream of Birds
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Interesting
Facts About
Coburn
Coburn is a locational surname coming from any the place so-called in Scotland. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself is actually of Old English origin, made up from the elements ‘cocc’ meaning bird, combined with ‘burna’ meaning a stream. Places with this name would have been next to a stream where many wild birds could be seen. |
Coburn Statistics
Coburn is the number 1385 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 7,710 share the surname Coburn in the UK.
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