# Sibley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sibley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,467 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,742 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,613 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (9,285 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɪbli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sibley in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sibley in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Sibley

- Charles Sibley, American ornithologist and molecular biologist (1917-1998)
- Henry Hastings Sibley, American politician and military leader (1811–1891)
- Brian Sibley, British author

## Similar surnames

Seibel, Sable, Sibal, Shipley, Sipple, Schaible, Siple, Sevilla, Shively, Spell, Sabol, Sobel.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.