Denby
English
Etymology
From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Danby.
Proper noun
Denby (countable and uncountable, plural Denbys)
- A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3946). [1]
- An unincorporated community in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States.
- A habitational surname.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Denby is the 17447th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1616 individuals. Denby is most common among White (73.95%) and Black/African American (22.03%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Denby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 440.