How common is the surname Owensby?

2,420 people in the United States had the surname Owensby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,581 Americans. It ranked 12,752nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Owensby getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,452 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,420 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Owensby

A surname, carried by 2,420 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O521

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Owensby is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

Variant of Owenby.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,420 people named Owensby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,581 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,452.

#12,752

rank among US surnames

2,420

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,712)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,744	Fuerte	2,422	127,475
#12,745	Mudge	2,421	127,528
#12,752	DeGraw	2,420	127,581
#12,757	Frei	2,419	127,634
#12,760	Callanan	2,418	127,686

Who is named Owensby

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

78% of people named Owensby identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Owensby come from?: Variant of Owenby.
How common is the surname Owensby?: 2,420 people in the United States had the surname Owensby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,581 Americans. It ranked 12,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Owensby?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Owensby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Owensby getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,452 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,420 in 2010, down 1.3%.