How common is the surname Westby?

2,021 people in the United States had the surname Westby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,769 Americans. It ranked 14,706th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Westby getting more or less common?

More common. 1,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,021 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Westby

A surname, carried by 2,021 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W231

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Westby is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,021 people named Westby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,769 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,960.

#14,706

rank among US surnames

2,021

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #14,091)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,704	Grout	2,022	152,693
#14,706	Westby	2,021	152,769
#14,712	Selig	2,020	152,844
#14,713	Aispuro	2,019	152,920

Who is named Westby

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

84% of people named Westby identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Westby

Westby has the Soundex code W231, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W231.

Questions

How common is the surname Westby?: 2,021 people in the United States had the surname Westby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,769 Americans. It ranked 14,706th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Westby?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Westby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Westby getting more or less common?: More common. 1,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,021 in 2010, up 3.1%.