Does anyone know where the last name Neighbors comes from?

Question

Does anyone know where the last name Neighbors comes from?

Answer 1

Neighbors   Last name origin & meaning:

English: variant of Neighbor.

Neighbours   Last name origin & meaning:

English: variant of Neighbor.

Answer 2

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.