Burby

English

Etymology

English habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, probably from Old Norse in view of the suffix -by.

Proper noun

Burby (plural Burbys)

1. A surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Burby is the 36525^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 612 individuals. Burby is most common among White (90.2%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Burby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 253.