Mellanby

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost village in England, from an unclear first element + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).

Proper noun

Mellanby (plural Mellanbys)

1. A surname from Old Norse.

Derived terms

• Mellanby effect

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Mellanby is the 35891^st most common surname in England, belonging to 93 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mellanby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 571.
• Forebears