Grigsby

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Lincolnshire, from an unclear first element + Old Norse bý (“farmstead”).

Proper noun

Grigsby (countable and uncountable, plural Grigsbys)

1. A surname from Old Norse.
2. An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Grigsby is the 3141^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11501 individuals. Grigsby is most common among White (68.48%) and Black/African American (24.28%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Grigsby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 85.