Duxbury
English
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Etymology
[edit]Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Deowuc or Ducca + -s- + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).
Proper noun
[edit]Duxbury (countable and uncountable, plural Duxburys)
- A surname from Old English.
- A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Pine County, Minnesota, United States.
- A town in Washington County, Vermont, United States.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Duxbury is the 30825th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 755 individuals. Duxbury is most common among White (94.17%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Duxbury”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 505.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- en:Towns in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Minnesota, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Minnesota, USA
- en:Towns in Vermont, USA
- en:Places in Vermont, USA
- English terms suffixed with -bury