Thursby
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English
Etymology
From Old Norse Þórr (“Thor”) + býr (“town, settlement”).
Proper noun
Thursby (countable and uncountable, plural Thursbys)
- A village and civil parish in Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3250).
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Thursby is the 34185th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 664 individuals. Thursby is most common among White (86.6%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thursby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.