How common is the surname Robey?

5,333 people in the United States had the surname Robey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,893 Americans. It ranked 6,381st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Robey?

Rick Robey, American basketball player (born 1956).

Where is the surname Robey most common?

Wikidata records people named Robey in the United States.

Is the surname Robey getting more or less common?

More common. 5,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,333 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Robey

A patronymic surname, carried by 5,333 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Robey is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert.

Robey is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,333 people named Robey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,893 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,203.

#6,381

rank among US surnames

5,333

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,084)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,377	Mickens	5,339	57,828
#6,378	Skeen	5,338	57,839
#6,379	Curl	5,335	57,872
#6,381	Robey	5,333	57,893
#6,384	Spinelli	5,332	57,904

Who is named Robey

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

86% of people named Robey identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Robeys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rick Robey
American basketball player (born 1956)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Robey

Robey has the Soundex code R100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R100.

Questions

Where does the surname Robey come from?: From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert.
How common is the surname Robey?: 5,333 people in the United States had the surname Robey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,893 Americans. It ranked 6,381st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Robey?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Robey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Robey?: Rick Robey, American basketball player (born 1956).
Where is the surname Robey most common?: Wikidata records people named Robey in the United States.
What type of surname is Robey?: Robey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Robey getting more or less common?: More common. 5,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,333 in 2010, up 2.5%.