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Barksby Family History

Barksby Surname Meaning

from Barkby (Leics). The medial -s- is found in a record of 1242 perhaps by association with Barkestone in the same county.

The place-name is from the Old Scandinavian given name Barki + bȳ ‘farm village’.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Barksby families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Barksby family name was found in the UK in 1891. In 1891 there were 10 Barksby families living in Durham. This was about 42% of all the recorded Barksby's in United Kingdom. Durham and 1 other county had the highest population of Barksby families in 1891.
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