Atterberry

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Arterberry, Atterbury

Etymology

Toponymic surname from a crasis of Middle English at (“at”) + ther (“the”) + bery (“manor house”).

Proper noun

Atterberry (countable and uncountable, plural Atterberrys)

1. A surname from Middle English.
2. An unincorporated community in Menard County, Illinois, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Atterberry is the 15347^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1911 individuals. Atterberry is most common among White (52.54%) and Black/African American (39.51%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Atterberry”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67.