Fenby
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English
Etymology
Habitational surname from a village in Lincolnshire, from Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).
Proper noun
Fenby (plural Fenbys)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fenby is the 120901st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 143 individuals. Fenby is most common among White (98.6%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fenby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 563.