Owenby
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Habitational surname from various places in Lincolnshire named with the Old Norse personal name Auðun + býr (“settlement”).
Proper noun
[edit]Owenby (plural Owenbys)
- A surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Owenby is the 13536th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2241 individuals. Owenby is most common among White (96.88%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Owenby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.