Antrobus
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English
Etymology
Apparently from either:
- "within the woods", from the Norman French Entre-bois. (Eliding the last consonant verbally is only a latter-day variation in French originating in Paris.)
- the Old Norse personal name Eindriði + buski (“bush, thicket”).
Proper noun
Antrobus (countable and uncountable, plural Antrobuses)
- A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6479).
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Antrobus is the 38948th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 566 individuals. Antrobus is most common among White (85.69%) and Black/African American (11.66%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Antrobus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 46.