Sainsbury
English
editEtymology
editHabitational surname from the village of Saintbury, in Gloucestershire, recorded in the 12th century as Seynesbury, from the Old English personal name Sǣwine + byriġ (“fortified place”).
Proper noun
editSainsbury (plural Sainsburys)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sainsbury is the 29502nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 800 individuals. Sainsbury is most common among White (93.38%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sainsbury”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.