# Liberty (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/liberty/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,552 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,184 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 86,922 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (3,394 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From liberty.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Liberty 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Liberty in the United States.

## People named Liberty

- Richard Liberty, American film and television actor (1932-2000)
- Marcus Liberty, American basketball player (born 1968)

## Similar surnames

Liberato, Liberto, Liebert, Lippert, Laverty, Liberatore, Lafferty, Laporte, Leverett, Laborde, Leverette, Lipford.

## 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.