Owenby

English

Alternative forms

• Owensby

Etymology

Habitational surname from various places in Lincolnshire named with the Old Norse personal name Auðun + býr (“settlement”).

Proper noun

Owenby (plural Owenbys)

1. A surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Owenby is the 13536^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2241 individuals. Owenby is most common among White (96.88%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Owenby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.