# Hornsby (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hornsby/  
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 from Old Norse.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,267 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,850 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 42,486 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (7,164 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From places in England, from genitive singular of the Old Norse given name Ormr (“serpent”) + býr (“settlement”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hornsby 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hornsby in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Hornsby

- Russell Hornsby, American actor
- Bruce Hornsby, American musician
- Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, manager
- David Hornsby, American actor
- Thomas Hornsby, British astronomer and mathematician

## Similar surnames

Hornick, Hornyak, Harrington, Herring, Herrington, Harms, Hermosillo, Harness, Hermes, Hering, Harnish, Haring.

## 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.