Owenby
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Habitational surname from various places in Lincolnshire named with the Old Norse personal name Auðun + býr (“settlement”).
Proper noun
Owenby (plural Owenbys)
- A surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Owenby is the 13536th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2241 individuals. Owenby is most common among White (96.88%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Owenby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.