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Duxbury
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English
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Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the en ang - personal name ang Deowuc or ang Ducca + en -s- + ang byriġ, the dative case of ang burg fortified place.
Proper noun
~ s
en Old English.
en town co/Plymouth County s/Massachusetts c/US. TopoZone: Duxbury, Massachusetts
en Edward Helmore; Maya Yang Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy case after jury deadlocked again w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/04/lindsay-clancy-mistrial 2026-09-04 Clancy, a former neonatal and delivery nurse, had been accused of strangling her three children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months, in the family’s Duxbury home in January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20260905004633/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/04/lindsay-clancy-mistrial
en unincorporated community co/Pine County s/Minnesota c/US.
en town co/Washington County s/Vermont c/US.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Duxbury is the 30825th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 755 individuals. Duxbury is most common among White (94.17%) individuals.
References
en terms suffixed with -bury