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Pybus Family History

Pybus Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire and Durham):: perhaps a nickname for someone with a prickly temperament from Middle English pikebush ‘prickle bush’ later simplified to Pybus(h) or Pybus(k). The word probably denoted a plant such as bramble gorse or wild rose. The change may have been influenced by folk etymology re-interpreting the name as pie ‘magpie’ + bush from the habit of magpies of perching on top of tall bushes. alternatively a topographic or habitational name for someone who lived by a pikebush ‘prickle bush’ or in a locality so named.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Pynes, Pyles, Tyus, Byous, Pyers, Pyburn, Febus, Byus, Venus, Plass

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You can see how Pybus families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Pybus family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Pybus families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1911 there were 21 Pybus families living in Ontario. This was about 47% of all the recorded Pybus's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Pybus families in 1911.

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There are 901 military records available for the last name Pybus. For the veterans among your Pybus ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1957 and 2004, in the United States, Pybus life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2003, and highest in 2000. The average life expectancy for Pybus in 1957 was 55, and 73 in 2004.

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