How common is the surname Sibley?

9,467 people in the United States had the surname Sibley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,613 Americans. It ranked 3,742nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sibley?

Charles Sibley, American ornithologist and molecular biologist (1917-1998), followed by Henry Hastings Sibley.

Where is the surname Sibley most common?

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

How do you pronounce Sibley?

Sibley is /ˈsɪbli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Sibley getting more or less common?

More common. 9,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,467 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Sibley

A surname, carried by 9,467 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsɪbli/ 2 syllables Soundex S140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sibley is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,467 people named Sibley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,613 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,285.

#3,742

rank among US surnames

9,467

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #3,518)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,733	Packard	9,494	32,520
#3,734	Antoine	9,493	32,523
#3,735	Wicks	9,489	32,537
#3,736	Kunkel	9,488	32,541
#3,737	Guest	9,483	32,558
#3,738	Vaught	9,476	32,582
#3,739	Close	9,474	32,589

Who is named Sibley

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

75% of people named Sibley identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sibleys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Sibley
American ornithologist and molecular biologist (1917-1998)
Henry Hastings Sibley
American politician and military leader (1811–1891)
Brian Sibley
British author, born 1949

Notable Sibleys come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sibley

Sibley has the Soundex code S140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S140.

Questions

How common is the surname Sibley?: 9,467 people in the United States had the surname Sibley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,613 Americans. It ranked 3,742nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sibley?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Sibley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sibley?: Charles Sibley, American ornithologist and molecular biologist (1917-1998), followed by Henry Hastings Sibley.
Where is the surname Sibley most common?: Wikidata records people named Sibley in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Sibley?: Sibley is /ˈsɪbli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Sibley getting more or less common?: More common. 9,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,467 in 2010, up 2.0%.