Ellerby

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Ellerbee

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ælfweard, which is composed of the elements ælf (“elf”) and weard (“guard”), + Old Norse býr (“farmstead; settlement”).

Proper noun

Ellerby (countable and uncountable, plural Ellerbys)

1. A civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA162389).
2. A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ799146).
3. A habitational surname.

Derived terms

• New Ellerby
• Old Ellerby

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ellerby is the 38265^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 579 individuals. Ellerby is most common among Black/African American (62.69%) and White (30.22%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ellerby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 522.