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Ranby
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English
Alternative forms
surname en Ramsby Rumsby
Etymology
From the en non - personal name non Randi + non býr village, settlement."Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
Proper noun
~ s
en uncountable A placename:
en village/and/cpar in dist/East Lindsey co/Lincolnshire cc/England OS grid ref TF2278.
en village in cpar/Babworth dist/Bassetlaw co/Nottinghamshire cc/England OS grid ref SK6580.
en countable en habitational Old Norse.
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ranby is the 20991st most common surname in England, belonging to 211 individuals.
References
Further reading
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