Denby
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Danby.
Proper noun
[edit]Denby (countable and uncountable, plural Denbys)
- A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3946).
- An unincorporated community in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States.
- A habitational surname.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Denby is the 17447th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1616 individuals. Denby is most common among White (73.95%) and Black/African American (22.03%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Denby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 440.
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[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Derbyshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Derbyshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Unincorporated communities in South Dakota, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in South Dakota, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- English surnames from Old Norse