Grigsby
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English
Etymology
Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Lincolnshire, from an unclear first element + Old Norse bý (“farmstead”).
Proper noun
Grigsby (countable and uncountable, plural Grigsbys)
- A surname from Old Norse.
- An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Grigsby is the 3141st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11501 individuals. Grigsby is most common among White (68.48%) and Black/African American (24.28%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Grigsby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 85.