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denby Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from places so named in Derbyshire and West Yorkshire. This place name has the same origin as Danby, but the Old Norse first element has been replaced by the cognate Old English Dene.

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Distribution of denby Families in the US in 1920
Number of denby families
 17-32
 6-16
 1-5
 0
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