Bygrave
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English
Etymology
From Old English bī (“by, near, around”) + græf (“ditch, trench”).
Proper noun
Bygrave (countable and uncountable, plural Bygraves)
- A village and civil parish of North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL258873).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bygrave is the 93125th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 197 individuals. Bygrave is most common among Black/African American (66.5%) and White (23.86%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bygrave”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 264.