# Newberry (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,482 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,675 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,901 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (13,233 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English nīewe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“stronghold”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Newberry 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Newberry in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Newberry

- John Strong Newberry, American geologist, physician, explorer, and author (1822–1892)
- Truman Handy Newberry, American politician (1864-1945)
- Percy Newberry, British egyptologist (1869–1949)
- Janet Newberry, American female tennis player

## Similar surnames

Newbury, Navarro, Napier, Neubauer, Nipper, Navarre, Napper, Naber, Navarra, Niebuhr, Navar, Nabor.

## 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.