# Antrobus (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/antrobus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 566 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,948 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 545,487 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.2% (567 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Apparently from either: * "within the woods", from the Norman French Entre-bois. (Eliding the last consonant verbally is only a latter-day variation in French originating in Paris.) * the Old Norse personal name Eindriði + buski (“bush, thicket”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Antrobus in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |

## Similar surnames

Andrus, Antrim, Anderson, Andrews, Andrade, Andersen, Amador, Anders, Andrew, Andres, André, Andresen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.