Risborough

• Risebero, Riseborough

Habitational surname from the town of Princes Risborough, from Old English hrīs (“brushwood; shrubbery”) + beorg (“mountain, hill”).

Risborough (plural Risboroughs)

1. A surname from Old English.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Risborough is the 84230^th most common surname in England, belonging to 25 individuals.

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