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    The surname Kerby

    A surname, carried by 4,345 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K610

    Kerby: #7,643 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kerby #7,643, 4,345 people Kerby: #7,643 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kerby #7,643, 4,345 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kerby is more common than 95.3% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Kirby.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,345 people named Kerby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,058 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,891.

    #7,643
    rank among US surnames
    4,345
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.7%
    change since 2000 (was #7,892)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,637Zabala4,34871,009
    #7,638Grizzle4,34771,025
    #7,641Walcott4,34671,041
    #7,643Kerby4,34571,058
    #7,644Ito4,34471,074
    #7,647Carlsen4,34371,090
    #7,650McGuinness4,34271,107

    Who is named Kerby

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

    90% of people named Kerby identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kerbys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jordan Kerby
      Australian cyclist, born 1992

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kerby

    Kerby has the Soundex code K610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K610.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kerby come from?
    Variant of Kirby.
    How common is the surname Kerby?
    4,345 people in the United States had the surname Kerby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,058 Americans. It ranked 7,643rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kerby?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Kerby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kerby?
    Jordan Kerby, Australian cyclist.
    Where is the surname Kerby most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kerby in New Zealand.
    Is the surname Kerby getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,891 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,345 in 2010, up 12%.