Mabey
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English
Etymology
Uncertain: it could be from a hypocoristic form of the Middle English female personal name Mabbe, or alternatively a variant of Mowbray.
Proper noun
Mabey (plural Mabeys)
- A surname from Middle English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mabey is the 23768th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1064 individuals. Mabey is most common among White (94.27%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mabey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 481.