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Newbury is an English family name. Within the United States, it is the name of 0.001 per cent of the population. Following the 1990 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau ranked the name Newbury as number 16,415 in its list of ''Frequently Occurring Surnames''.〔; "Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census, (Table) Name Files dist.all.last"; published May 9, 1995; The name is cognate with the surname Newberry (in 1990 possessed by 0.005 per cent of the U.S. population and ranked number 2,359) and ''Newbery'', which at number 55,231 in the rankings rounded to 0.000 per cent of the U.S. population.〔; "Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census, (Table) Name Files dist.all.last"; published May 9, 1995; However, in the United Kingdom Newbury is the more usual spelling, perhaps influenced by the different US and UK pronunciations (see 'Pronunciation', below). ==Origin== Newbury/Newberry/Newbery is of Anglo-Saxon origin and means "new stronghold" (from Old English ''niwe, neowe'', new, and ''buri, byri'', fortified place). In the United Kingdom, one town and a small number of villages have the name Newbury. However, the name of the hamlet of Newbury in the parish of Horningsham, Wiltshire, is of 17th-century origin. It was named for a family called Newbury. Other spellings of the name include Newborough and Newburgh. In Warwickshire a family called Newborough was granted lands for military service in the Middle Ages. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newbury (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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