Roby Family History
Roby Name Meaning
from a pet form of Robert.habitational name from Roby in Lancashire (now Merseyside), named
with Old Norse rá ‘pole’, ‘boundary mark’ + býr
‘farm’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Roby
Name Distribution of Roby Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Roby families
 85 - 168  29 - 84 |
 1 - 28  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Roby families
|
275 - 547 92 - 274 |
1 - 91 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Roby families
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Roby Family Origin
Roby Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Roby
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Roby Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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