Busby
See also: busby
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse buskr (“bush”) + býr (“homestead, village”).
Proper noun
Busby (countable and uncountable, plural Busbys)
- A place name:
- A suburban village in East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5756).
- A hamlet in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada.
- Synonym of Umpire, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Elk County, Kansas, United States.
- A census-designated place in Big Horn County, Montana, United States.
- A suburb of Sydney in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, named after James Busby.
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Busby is the 2320th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 15754 individuals. Busby is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.65%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Busby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 259.