How common is the surname Appleby?

5,556 people in the United States had the surname Appleby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,570 Americans. It ranked 6,161st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Appleby?

Shiri Appleby, American actress and director, followed by Dorothy Appleby.

Where is the surname Appleby most common?

Wikidata records people named Appleby in the United States.

Is the surname Appleby getting more or less common?

More common. 5,532 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,556 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Appleby

An English surname, carried by 5,556 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A141

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Appleby is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,556 people named Appleby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,570 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,532.

#6,161

rank among US surnames

5,556

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,737)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,152	Bartel	5,568	55,450
#6,153	Cress	5,565	55,480
#6,155	Benally	5,562	55,510
#6,156	McCraw	5,561	55,520
#6,157	Houk	5,560	55,530
#6,158	Sokol	5,559	55,540
#6,160	Philpot	5,558	55,550

Who is named Appleby

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Appleby identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Applebys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Shiri Appleby
American actress and director, born 1978
Dorothy Appleby
American actress (1906-1990)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Applebee

Surnames that sound like Appleby

Appleby has the Soundex code A141, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A141.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Appleby come from?: From Old English æppel (“apple”) and Old Norse býr (“farm, town”), from the root of the verb Old Norse búa (“to dwell”).
How common is the surname Appleby?: 5,556 people in the United States had the surname Appleby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,570 Americans. It ranked 6,161st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Appleby?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Appleby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Appleby?: Shiri Appleby, American actress and director, followed by Dorothy Appleby.
Where is the surname Appleby most common?: Wikidata records people named Appleby in the United States.
Is the surname Appleby getting more or less common?: More common. 5,532 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,556 in 2010, up 0.4%.
What are other spellings of Appleby?: Applebee.