Swaby
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Swabey
Etymology edit
From the Old Norse ethnic byname Sváfi (“Swabian”) + býr (“farm, settlement”).
Proper noun edit
Swaby (countable and uncountable, plural Swabys)
- A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF387775).
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Swaby is the 18354th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1509 individuals. Swaby is most common among Black/African American (76.61%) and White (15.04%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Swaby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.