# Appleby (surname)

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

A surname derived from the English place name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,556 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,161 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 55,570 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.4% (5,532 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Applebee |

## Etymology

From Old English æppel (“apple”) and Old Norse býr (“farm, town”), from the root of the verb Old Norse búa (“to dwell”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Appleby 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Appleby in the United States.

## People named Appleby

- Shiri Appleby, American actress and director
- Dorothy Appleby, American actress (1906-1990)

## Similar surnames

Applebee, Applebaum, Appelbaum.

## 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.