Bygrave

English

Etymology

From Old English bī (“by, near, around”) + græf (“ditch, trench”).

Proper noun

Bygrave (countable and uncountable, plural Bygraves)

1. A village and civil parish of North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL258873).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bygrave is the 93125^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 197 individuals. Bygrave is most common among Black/African American (66.5%) and White (23.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bygrave”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 264.