Cognomen Probyn (Probyn 
, Пробин 
) , throughout the world, is a rare surname. The surname Probyn is habitual in the United Kingdom, where it is a rare surname, Australia, and New Zealand. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States. Very seldom, Probyn is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Probyn | Australia, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, South Africa |
| Пробин | Russia, Kazakhstan |
| edmund probyn British judge (b. 1678) |
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| john probyn British Member of Parliament (1703-1773) (b. 1703) |
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| john hopkins probyn (b. 1703) |
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| john probyn cleric, Dean of Llandaff, died 1843 (b. 1761) |
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| caroline probyn (1791-1879) (b. 1791) |
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leslie probyn British colonial administrator (1862-1938), JM (b. 1862) |
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| juliana probyn (1823-1898) (b. 1823) |
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| john webb probyn writer on history and economics, 1828-1915 (b. 1828) |
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| may probyn English poet (b. 1856) |
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| william probyn thompson (1882-1947) (b. 1882) |
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| brian probyn British Cinematographer, GB (b. 1920) |
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| probyn inniss Nevisian lawyer (1936-2017), KN (b. 1936) |
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| probyn vivian marsh (b. 1928) |
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| stephen probyn Businessman and authority on green energy (b. 1951) |
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| jeff probyn English rugby union footballer, GB (b. 1956) |
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