How common is the surname Hornsby?

7,267 people in the United States had the surname Hornsby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,486 Americans. It ranked 4,850th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hornsby?

Russell Hornsby, American actor, followed by Bruce Hornsby.

Where is the surname Hornsby most common?

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

Is the surname Hornsby getting more or less common?

More common. 7,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,267 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Hornsby

A Norse place surname, carried by 7,267 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hornsby is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

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

Hornsby 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 7,267 people named Hornsby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,486 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,164.

#4,850

rank among US surnames

7,267

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,546)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,845	Sasser	7,272	42,457
#4,846	Sherry	7,271	42,463
#4,849	Hildreth	7,269	42,474
#4,850	Hornsby	7,267	42,486

Who is named Hornsby

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

81% of people named Hornsby identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hornsbys

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Russell Hornsby
American actor, born 1974
Bruce Hornsby
American musician, born 1954
Rogers Hornsby
American baseball player, coach, manager, 1896–1963
David Hornsby
American actor, born 1975
Thomas Hornsby
British astronomer and mathematician, 1733–1810

Notable Hornsbys come mostly from the United States (4) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hornsby

Hornsby has the Soundex code H652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H652.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hornsby come from?: From places in England, from genitive singular of the Old Norse given name Ormr (“serpent”) + býr (“settlement”).
How common is the surname Hornsby?: 7,267 people in the United States had the surname Hornsby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,486 Americans. It ranked 4,850th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hornsby?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Hornsby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hornsby?: Russell Hornsby, American actor, followed by Bruce Hornsby.
Where is the surname Hornsby most common?: Wikidata records people named Hornsby in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
What type of surname is Hornsby?: Hornsby is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hornsby getting more or less common?: More common. 7,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,267 in 2010, up 1.4%.