How common is the surname Maltby?

1,744 people in the United States had the surname Maltby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,033 Americans. It ranked 16,475th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Maltby?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Maltby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Maltby?

Margaret Eliza Maltby, American physicist (1860–1944), followed by Lauren Maltby.

Where is the surname Maltby most common?

Wikidata records people named Maltby in the United States.

Is the surname Maltby getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,749 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,744 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Maltby

A surname, carried by 1,744 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M431

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maltby is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,744 people named Maltby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,033 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,749.

#16,475

rank among US surnames

1,744

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #15,395)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,470	Denker	1,745	176,932
#16,475	Lacher	1,744	177,033
#16,481	Chess	1,743	177,135

Who is named Maltby

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

94% of people named Maltby identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Maltbys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Margaret Eliza Maltby
American physicist (1860–1944)
Lauren Maltby
American actress and psychologist, born 1984

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Maltbie

Maltby has the Soundex code M431, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M431.

Questions

How common is the surname Maltby?: 1,744 people in the United States had the surname Maltby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,033 Americans. It ranked 16,475th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maltby?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Maltby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Maltby?: Margaret Eliza Maltby, American physicist (1860–1944), followed by Lauren Maltby.
Where is the surname Maltby most common?: Wikidata records people named Maltby in the United States.
Is the surname Maltby getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,749 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,744 in 2010, down 0.3%.
What are other spellings of Maltby?: Maltbie.