Groby

== English == === Etymology === Perhaps from Old Norse gróf (“pit, hollow, gully”) + býr (“farmstead”). === Proper noun === Groby (countable and uncountable, plural Grobys) A village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5207). A habitational surname from Old Norse. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Groby is the 147253rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 112 individuals. Groby is most common among White (89.29%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Groby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 87.