How common is the surname Mayberry?

14,326 people in the United States had the surname Mayberry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,551 Americans. It ranked 2,527th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mayberry?

Lee Mayberry, American basketball player (born 1970).

Where is the surname Mayberry most common?

Wikidata records people named Mayberry in the United States.

Is the surname Mayberry getting more or less common?

More common. 14,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,326 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Mayberry

An English surname, carried by 14,326 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mayberry is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English mere (“lake”) + Old English byriġ (“fortified place”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,326 people named Mayberry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,551 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,060.

#2,527

rank among US surnames

14,326

people in 2010

4.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,359)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,518	Harms	14,377	21,475
#2,519	Fierro	14,371	21,484
#2,520	Pederson	14,370	21,485
#2,521	Collazo	14,369	21,487
#2,522	McMahan	14,368	21,488
#2,523	Hershberger	14,357	21,505
#2,524	Linton	14,354	21,509

Who is named Mayberry

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

71% of people named Mayberry identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mayberrys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lee Mayberry
American basketball player (born 1970)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Maberry
Maybury

Surnames that sound like Mayberry

Mayberry has the Soundex code M160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M160.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mayberry come from?: From Old English mere (“lake”) + Old English byriġ (“fortified place”).
How common is the surname Mayberry?: 14,326 people in the United States had the surname Mayberry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,551 Americans. It ranked 2,527th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mayberry?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Mayberry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mayberry?: Lee Mayberry, American basketball player (born 1970).
Where is the surname Mayberry most common?: Wikidata records people named Mayberry in the United States.
Is the surname Mayberry getting more or less common?: More common. 14,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,326 in 2010, up 1.9%.
What are other spellings of Mayberry?: Maberry and Maybury.