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McRoby Surname Definition:

MACROBBIE: A Highland border name from Scottish Robbie, diminutive of Robert. A remission was given Maldowny McRobi in Moray in 1363 (REM., p. 164), and James Makroby was tenant in Blalok, Cromar, in 1539 (ER., XVII, p. 66). Francis McRobie and George McRobie in Kinbothok were charged with violence in 1607 (RPC.

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McRoby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

McRoby Surname Meaning

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MACROBBIE: A Highland border name from Scottish Robbie, diminutive of Robert. A remission was given Maldowny McRobi in Moray in 1363 (REM., p. 164), and James Makroby was tenant in Blalok, Cromar, in 1539 (ER., XVII, p. 66). Francis McRobie and George McRobie in Kinbothok were charged with violence in 1607 (RPC., VII, p. 393). Allister Cain McRobbie, sometime in Urchine, is in record in 1614 (Cawdot, p. 227), Donald McRobie and John McRobie in Kilvean appear in 1646 (Culloden, I, p. 48), and John MacRobbie was a residenter in Huntly in 1797 (Moray). Maccrobie and Macrobie arc also current forms of the name.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

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