Bigby
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Old Norse personal name Bekki + býr (“settlement, town”).
Proper noun
editBigby (plural Bigbys)
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bigby is the 21483rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1216 individuals. Bigby is most common among Black/African American (51.48%) and White (31.83%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bigby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 158.