Mowbray
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Mulberry
Etymology
English habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Montbray, in Normandy. The name of the village comes from Old French mont (“hill”) + brai (“mud, slime”).
Proper noun
Mowbray (countable and uncountable, plural Mowbrays)
- A surname.
- An English barony, now combined with Seagrave and Stourton
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mowbray is the 16926th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1681 individuals. Mowbray is most common among White (91.14%) individuals.
See also
- Melton Mowbray
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mowbray”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 628.