Bigby
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Old Norse personal name Bekki + býr (“settlement, town”).
Proper noun[edit]
Bigby (plural Bigbys)
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bigby is the 21483rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1216 individuals. Bigby is most common among Black/African American (51.48%) and White (31.83%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bigby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 158.