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Question: Does anyone know where the last name Neighbors comes from!?
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English: from Middle English neghebour, a compound of Old English neah ‘near’ + gebur ‘dweller’!. Compare Bauer!. This may have been used as a nickname for someone who was a ‘good neighbor’, or more probably it derives from the common use of the word as a term of address!.
Translation of German Nachbar!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Neighbors Last name origin & meaning:
English: variant of Neighbor!.

Neighbours Last name origin & meaning:
English: variant of Neighbor!.Www@QuestionHome@Com