How common is the surname Newbury?

1,997 people in the United States had the surname Newbury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,605 Americans. It ranked 14,838th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Newbury?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Newbury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Newbury?

Mickey Newbury, American singer-songwriter (1940–2002).

Where is the surname Newbury most common?

Wikidata records people named Newbury in the United States.

How do you pronounce Newbury?

Newbury is /njubəɹi/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Newbury getting more or less common?

More common. 1,989 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,997 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Newbury

An English surname, carried by 1,997 people in the United States.

Pronounced /njubəɹi/ 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). Newbury is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English niwe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Newburgh.

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 1,997 people named Newbury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,605 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,989.

#14,838

rank among US surnames

1,997

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #13,917)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,834	Dames	1,998	154,527
#14,838	Degen	1,997	154,605
#14,842	Pfau	1,996	154,682

Who is named Newbury

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

93% of people named Newbury identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Newburys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mickey Newbury
American singer-songwriter (1940–2002)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Newbury

Newbury 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 Newbury come from?: From Old English niwe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Newburgh.
How common is the surname Newbury?: 1,997 people in the United States had the surname Newbury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,605 Americans. It ranked 14,838th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Newbury?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Newbury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Newbury?: Mickey Newbury, American singer-songwriter (1940–2002).
Where is the surname Newbury most common?: Wikidata records people named Newbury in the United States.
How do you pronounce Newbury?: Newbury is /njubəɹi/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Newbury getting more or less common?: More common. 1,989 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,997 in 2010, up 0.4%.