Swaby

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Swabey

Etymology

From the Old Norse ethnic byname Sváfi (“Swabian”) + býr (“farm, settlement”).

Proper noun

Swaby (countable and uncountable, plural Swabys)

1. A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF387775).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Swaby is the 18354^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1509 individuals. Swaby is most common among Black/African American (76.61%) and White (15.04%) individuals.

Further reading

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