Fenby

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a village in Lincolnshire, from Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).

Proper noun

Fenby (plural Fenbys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fenby is the 120901^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 143 individuals. Fenby is most common among White (98.6%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fenby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 563.