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The surname Bilby

A surname, carried by 1,069 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B410

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bilby is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,069 people named Bilby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,817 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,005.

#23,691
rank among US surnames
1,069
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+6.4%
change since 2000 (was #23,547)

Who is named Bilby

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

89% of people named Bilby identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as two or more races and 3.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

  • White (not Hispanic) 89%
  • Two or more races 4.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bilby

Bilby has the Soundex code B410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B410.

Questions

How common is the surname Bilby?
1,069 people in the United States had the surname Bilby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,817 Americans. It ranked 23,691st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bilby?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Bilby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as two or more races.
Is the surname Bilby getting more or less common?
More common. 1,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,069 in 2010, up 6.4%.