The surname Darby
A Norse place surname, carried by 18,757 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈdɑːbi/ 2 syllables Soundex D610 Also a first name
Origin
Norse origin
From the English place name Derby, from Old Norse djúr (“deer”) + býr (“settlement”).
Darby is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 18,757 people named Darby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,460 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,854.
Who is named Darby
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
62% of people named Darby identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 62%
- Black (not Hispanic) 33%
- Two or more races 2.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Famous Darbys
7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- John Nelson DarbyBritish Bible teacher, considered to be the father of modern Dispensationalism and Futuris, 1800–1882
- Kim DarbyAmerican actress, born 1947
- Ken DarbyAmerican composer (1909-1992)
- Ronald DarbyAmerican football player and sprint athlete, born 1994
- Harry DarbyAmerican politician (1895-1987)
- William Orlando DarbyAmerican World War II Army colonel, 1911–1945
- John M. DarbyAmerican botanist, chemist & academic (1804-1877)
Notable Darbys come mostly from the United States (6) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Darby
Darby has the Soundex code D610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D610.
Other Norse surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Darby come from?
- From the English place name Derby, from Old Norse djúr (“deer”) + býr (“settlement”).
- How common is the surname Darby?
- 18,757 people in the United States had the surname Darby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,460 Americans. It ranked 1,921st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Darby?
- In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Darby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Darby?
- John Nelson Darby, British Bible teacher, considered to be the father of modern Dispensationalism and Futuris, followed by Kim Darby.
- Where is the surname Darby most common?
- Wikidata records people named Darby in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- How do you pronounce Darby?
- Darby is /ˈdɑːbi/, 2 syllables.
- What type of surname is Darby?
- Darby is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Darby getting more or less common?
- More common. 17,854 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,757 in 2010, up 5.1%.
- Is Darby also a first name?
- Yes. Darby is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.