The surname Ownby
A surname, carried by 2,026 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex O510
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,026 people named Ownby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,392 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,032.
#14,681
rank among US surnames
2,026
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
-0.3%
change since 2000 (was #13,690)
Who is named Ownby
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Ownby identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Ownby 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 Ownby?
- 2,026 people in the United States had the surname Ownby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,392 Americans. It ranked 14,681st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ownby?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ownby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Ownby getting more or less common?
- Less common. 2,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,026 in 2010, down 0.3%.