How common is the surname Newborn?

1,733 people in the United States had the surname Newborn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,157 Americans. It ranked 16,560th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Newborn?

Ira Newborn, American musician, actor, orchestrator and composer, followed by Phineas Newborn Jr..

Where is the surname Newborn most common?

Wikidata records people named Newborn in the United States.

Is the surname Newborn getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,733 in 2010, down 6.9%.

The surname Newborn

A surname, carried by 1,733 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N165

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Newborn 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 1,733 people named Newborn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,157 Americans. That is down 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,862.

#16,560

rank among US surnames

1,733

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-6.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,646)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,555	Perrigo	1,734	178,054
#16,560	Koepp	1,733	178,157

Who is named Newborn

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

46% of people named Newborn identified as Black (not Hispanic), 46% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 46%
White (not Hispanic) 46%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 3.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Newborns

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ira Newborn
American musician, actor, orchestrator and composer, born 1949
Phineas Newborn Jr.
American jazz pianist (1931–1989)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Newborn

Newborn has the Soundex code N165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N165.

Questions

How common is the surname Newborn?: 1,733 people in the United States had the surname Newborn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,157 Americans. It ranked 16,560th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Newborn?: In the 2010 Census, 46% of people named Newborn identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 46% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Newborn?: Ira Newborn, American musician, actor, orchestrator and composer, followed by Phineas Newborn Jr..
Where is the surname Newborn most common?: Wikidata records people named Newborn in the United States.
Is the surname Newborn getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,733 in 2010, down 6.9%.