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    The surname Newby

    A place surname, carried by 11,483 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N100

    Newby: #3,148 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Newby #3,148, 11,483 people Newby: #3,148 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Newby #3,148, 11,483 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Newby is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    From new + -by. Meaning "new settlement".

    Newby is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,483 people named Newby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,887 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,079.

    #3,148
    rank among US surnames
    11,483
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,994)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,140Ruelas11,50526,836
    #3,141Grigsby11,50126,845
    #3,142Maciel11,50026,847
    #3,144Steffen11,49426,861
    #3,145Blalock11,49326,864
    #3,146Levesque11,49026,871
    #3,147Forsythe11,48926,873

    Who is named Newby

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

    71% of people named Newby identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Newbys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Chas Newby
      British bassist, 1941–2023
    • Maxwell Caulfield
      British actor, born 1959

    Questions

    Where does the surname Newby come from?
    From new + -by. Meaning "new settlement".
    How common is the surname Newby?
    11,483 people in the United States had the surname Newby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,887 Americans. It ranked 3,148th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Newby?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Newby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Newby?
    Chas Newby, British bassist, followed by Maxwell Caulfield.
    Where is the surname Newby most common?
    Wikidata records people named Newby in the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Newby?
    Newby is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Newby getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,483 in 2010, up 3.6%.