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There are approximately 1,379 people named Disney in the UK. That makes it the 5,870th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 22 are named Disney.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

Related and similar surnames

Dizney
Disnny
Disny
Disneys
D'Isney
Disnie
Disne
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Disneya
Disnay
Disn
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Diseny
Dissne
Disnea
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Disine
Disneey
Disnei
Disnew
Disnee

The Disney surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Nor. Fr.) Anciently written D'Isney or D'Eisney, and originally De Isigney, from Isigney, a small village near Bayeaux, in Normandy.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

DISNEY. " Disney, alias De Iseney, he dwelleth at Diseney, and of his name and line be gentilmcn of Fraunce," says Leland, speaking of Norton-Disney, co. Lincoln. The surname appears in the various lists called the Roll of Battel Abbey, and the family came, it would aipear, from Isigni, near Bayeux, a small town, famous at present for its butter.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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