Grigsby
English
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Etymology
[edit]Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Lincolnshire, from an unclear first element + Old Norse bý (“farmstead”).
Proper noun
[edit]Grigsby (countable and uncountable, plural Grigsbys)
- A surname from Old Norse.
- An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Grigsby is the 3141st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11501 individuals. Grigsby is most common among White (68.48%) and Black/African American (24.28%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Grigsby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 85.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old Norse
- en:Unincorporated communities in Kentucky, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Kentucky, USA
- en:Places in the United States