Rokeby

English

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Hroca, a byname from hrókr (“rook”), + bý (“farmstead”).

Proper noun

Rokeby (countable and uncountable, plural Rokebys)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A deserted medieval village and civil parish in County Durham, England.
   2. A town in the Shire of Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia.
   3. A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
   4. An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rokeby is the 542937^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 23 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rokeby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears