Gunby Family History
Gunby Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Gunby in East Yorkshire, which is
named from the Old Norse female personal name Gunnhildr + Old
Norse býr ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’, or from Gunby St.
Nicholas or Gunby St. Peter in Lincolnshire, named from the Old Norse
male personal name Gunni + býr ‘farmstead’,
‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gunby Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gunby families
 16 - 30  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gunby families
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49 - 95 17 - 48 |
1 - 16 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Gunby last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Gunby Family Origin
Gunby Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Gunby
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Gunby Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Gunby Civil War Service Records
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| Gunby Family in Kansas | | gummerb170 | 0 |
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