Loseby

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Lowesby, in Leicestershire, from Old English hlōse (“pigsty”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement, village”).

Proper noun

Loseby (plural Losebys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Loseby is the 17257^th most common surname in England, belonging to 284 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Loseby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 462.