Hanby

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Hamby

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Hundi + býr (“farmstead, settlement”).

Proper noun

Hanby (countable and uncountable, plural Hanbys)

1. A hamlet in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF022321).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hanby is the 26833^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 906 individuals. Hanby is most common among White (94.37%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hanby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 123.