How common is the surname Newberry?

13,482 people in the United States had the surname Newberry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,901 Americans. It ranked 2,675th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Newberry?

John Strong Newberry, American geologist, physician, explorer, and author (1822–1892), followed by Truman Handy Newberry.

Where is the surname Newberry most common?

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

Is the surname Newberry getting more or less common?

More common. 13,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,482 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Newberry

An English surname, carried by 13,482 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex N160

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

Origin

English origin

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

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 13,482 people named Newberry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,901 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,233.

#2,675

rank among US surnames

13,482

people in 2010

4.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,501)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,666	Stamper	13,528	22,823
#2,667	Edmondson	13,524	22,829
#2,669	Pool	13,505	22,862
#2,670	Bearden	13,499	22,872
#2,671	Roldan	13,498	22,873
#2,672	Hemphill	13,495	22,879
#2,673	Emmons	13,493	22,882

Who is named Newberry

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

86% of people named Newberry identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Newberrys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1953

Notable Newberrys come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Newberry

Newbury

Newberry has the Soundex code N160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N160.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Newberry come from?: From Old English nīewe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“stronghold”).
How common is the surname Newberry?: 13,482 people in the United States had the surname Newberry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,901 Americans. It ranked 2,675th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Newberry?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Newberry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Newberry?: John Strong Newberry, American geologist, physician, explorer, and author (1822–1892), followed by Truman Handy Newberry.
Where is the surname Newberry most common?: Wikidata records people named Newberry in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Newberry getting more or less common?: More common. 13,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,482 in 2010, up 1.9%.