Frequency: (555)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Scottish: 1. habitational name from a place so named in the parish of Troqueer in Kirkcudbrightshire, which Black quotes as confirmed to Durand filius Christin by Alan filius Roland, constable of Scotland, in c. 1200-34. 2. variant of Mabey.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
