Selby
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse selja (“willow, sallow”) + býr (“settlement, farm”).
Proper noun
[edit]Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)
- A town in North Yorkshire, England, formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
- A local government district in North Yorkshire formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.
- A village in the town of Greater Napanee, Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
- A township in Bureau County, Illinois, United States.
- A small city, the county seat of Walworth County, South Dakota, United States.
- A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
- A suburb of Melbourne, in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Selby is the 3008th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11908 individuals. Selby is most common among White (81.23%) and Black/African American (13.34%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Selby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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- English terms derived from Old Norse
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- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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- en:Towns in North Yorkshire, England
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- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
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- en:Villages in Ontario
- en:Villages in Canada
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- en:Unincorporated communities in California, USA
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- en:Suburbs in South Africa
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- English surnames
- English surnames from Old Norse
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