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    The surname Saxby

    A Norse place surname, carried by 765 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S210

    Saxby: #30,509 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Saxby #30,509, 765 people Saxby: #30,509 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Saxby #30,509, 765 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saxby is more common than 81.2% of them.

    Origin

    Norse origin

    "Village of the Saxons", from the Old English Seaxa (“Saxons”) + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).

    Saxby is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 765 people named Saxby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 403,589 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 723.

    #30,509
    rank among US surnames
    765
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #30,483)

    Who is named Saxby

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

    82% of people named Saxby identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Norse surnames

    All 126 Norse surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Saxby come from?
    "Village of the Saxons", from the Old English Seaxa (“Saxons”) + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).
    How common is the surname Saxby?
    765 people in the United States had the surname Saxby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 403,589 Americans. It ranked 30,509th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Saxby?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Saxby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Saxby?
    Saxby is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Saxby getting more or less common?
    More common. 723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 765 in 2010, up 5.8%.