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    The surname Denby

    An English place surname, carried by 1,616 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D510

    Denby: #17,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Denby #17,447, 1,616 people Denby: #17,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Denby #17,447, 1,616 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Denby is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Denby is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 1,616 people named Denby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,055 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,503.

    #17,447
    rank among US surnames
    1,616
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,334)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,441Canipe1,617190,937
    #17,447Gaye1,616191,055
    #17,455Fredericksen1,615191,174

    Who is named Denby

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

    74% of people named Denby identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Denbys

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Edwin Denby
      American politician (1870-1929)
    • David Denby
      American film critic, born 1943
    • Sam Denby
      American educational YouTuber (born 1998)

    Notable Denbys come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Denby

    Denby has the Soundex code D510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D510.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Denby come from?
    From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Danby.
    How common is the surname Denby?
    1,616 people in the United States had the surname Denby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,055 Americans. It ranked 17,447th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Denby?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Denby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Denby?
    Edwin Denby, American politician (1870-1929), followed by David Denby.
    Where is the surname Denby most common?
    Wikidata records people named Denby in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Denby?
    Denby is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Denby getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,616 in 2010, up 7.5%.