How common is the surname Quimby?

4,628 people in the United States had the surname Quimby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,713 Americans. It ranked 7,211th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Quimby?

Harriet Quimby, American aviator, screenwriter (1875-1912), followed by Fred Quimby.

Where is the surname Quimby most common?

Wikidata records people named Quimby in the United States.

Is the surname Quimby getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,671 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,628 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Quimby

A surname, carried by 4,628 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Q510

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Quimby is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,628 people named Quimby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,713 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,671.

#7,211

rank among US surnames

4,628

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,668)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,207	Millet	4,631	66,669
#7,209	Mendieta	4,630	66,684
#7,210	Luker	4,629	66,698
#7,211	Eckstein	4,628	66,713

Who is named Quimby

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

92% of people named Quimby identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Quimbys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harriet Quimby
American aviator, screenwriter (1875-1912)
Fred Quimby
American film producer (1886-1965)
Phineas Quimby
American writer (1802–1866)
Edith Quimby
American medical researcher, 1891–1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Quimby

Quiambao

Quimby has the Soundex code Q510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q510.

Questions

How common is the surname Quimby?: 4,628 people in the United States had the surname Quimby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,713 Americans. It ranked 7,211th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Quimby?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Quimby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Quimby?: Harriet Quimby, American aviator, screenwriter (1875-1912), followed by Fred Quimby.
Where is the surname Quimby most common?: Wikidata records people named Quimby in the United States.
Is the surname Quimby getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,671 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,628 in 2010, down 0.9%.