Thursby

English

Etymology

From Old Norse Þórr (“Thor”) + býr (“town, settlement”).

Proper noun

Thursby (countable and uncountable, plural Thursbys)

1. A village and civil parish in Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3250).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Thursby is the 34185^th 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.