Groby
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English
Etymology
Perhaps from Old Norse gróf (“pit, hollow, gully”) + býr (“farmstead”).
Proper noun
Groby (countable and uncountable, plural Grobys)
- A village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5207).
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Groby is the 147253rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 112 individuals. Groby is most common among White (89.29%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Groby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 87.