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    The surname Ownbey

    A surname, carried by 1,195 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O510

    Ownbey: #21,759 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ownbey #21,759, 1,195 people Ownbey: #21,759 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ownbey #21,759, 1,195 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ownbey is more common than 86.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,195 people named Ownbey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,364 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,138.

    #21,759
    rank among US surnames
    1,195
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,424)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,750Celli1,196258,148
    #21,759Finnigan1,195258,364

    Who is named Ownbey

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

    95% of people named Ownbey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ownbey

    Ownbey has the Soundex code O510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O510.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ownbey?
    1,195 people in the United States had the surname Ownbey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,364 Americans. It ranked 21,759th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ownbey?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ownbey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ownbey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,138 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,195 in 2010, up 5.0%.