# Denby (surname)

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

A habitational surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,616 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,447 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 191,055 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.5% (1,503 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Danby.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Denby 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Denby in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Denby

- Edwin Denby, American politician (1870-1929)
- David Denby, American film critic
- Sam Denby, American educational YouTuber (born 1998)

## Similar surnames

Denbow, Demby, Dunphy, Dunfee.

## 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.