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Etymology

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From Old Norse kvern (millstone; quern, handmill) + býr (farmstead).

Proper noun

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Quarmby (countable and uncountable, plural Quarmbys)

  1. A suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1116).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

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  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Quarmby is the 7202nd most common surname in England, belonging to 913 individuals.

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