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    The surname Irby

    A surname, carried by 11,506 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex I610

    Irby: #3,138 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Irby #3,138, 11,506 people Irby: #3,138 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Irby #3,138, 11,506 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Irby is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,506 people named Irby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,833 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,040.

    #3,138
    rank among US surnames
    11,506
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,005)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,129Poindexter11,53126,775
    #3,130Coyne11,52526,789
    #3,132Ellington11,52226,796
    #3,133Krieger11,52126,799
    #3,135Troutman11,51926,803
    #3,136Tello11,51226,819
    #3,137Nielson11,51126,822

    Who is named Irby

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

    51% of people named Irby identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 51%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Irby?
    11,506 people in the United States had the surname Irby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,833 Americans. It ranked 3,138th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Irby?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Irby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Irby getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,040 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,506 in 2010, up 4.2%.