How common is the surname Kirkby?

451 people in the United States had the surname Kirkby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 684,580 Americans. It ranked 47,107th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kirkby?

Ollie Kirkby, American actress (1886 – 1964), followed by Sophia Kirkby.

Where is the surname Kirkby most common?

Wikidata records people named Kirkby in the United States.

How do you pronounce Kirkby?

Kirkby is /ˈkɝbi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Kirkby getting more or less common?

More common. 412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 451 in 2010, up 9.5%.

The surname Kirkby

A Norse place surname, carried by 451 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɝbi/ 2 syllables Soundex K621

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kirkby is more common than 71% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

From kirk + -by. From Old Scandinavian / Old Norse kirkja+býr, a village with a church.

Kirkby 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 451 people named Kirkby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 684,580 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 412.

#47,107

rank among US surnames

451

people in 2010

0.1

per 100,000 Americans

+9.5%

change since 2000 (was #48,196)

Who is named Kirkby

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

91% of people named Kirkby identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kirkbys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ollie Kirkby
American actress (1886 – 1964)
Sophia Kirkby
American luger, born 2001

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Kirkby

Kirkbride

Kirkby has the Soundex code K621, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K621.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kirkby come from?: From kirk + -by. From Old Scandinavian / Old Norse kirkja+býr, a village with a church.
How common is the surname Kirkby?: 451 people in the United States had the surname Kirkby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 684,580 Americans. It ranked 47,107th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kirkby?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Kirkby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kirkby?: Ollie Kirkby, American actress (1886 – 1964), followed by Sophia Kirkby.
Where is the surname Kirkby most common?: Wikidata records people named Kirkby in the United States.
How do you pronounce Kirkby?: Kirkby is /ˈkɝbi/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Kirkby?: Kirkby is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Kirkby getting more or less common?: More common. 412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 451 in 2010, up 9.5%.