How common is the surname Whitby?

2,532 people in the United States had the surname Whitby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,937 Americans. It ranked 12,279th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Whitby?

Audrey Whitby, American actress (born 1996).

Where is the surname Whitby most common?

Wikidata records people named Whitby in the United States.

How do you pronounce Whitby?

Whitby is /ˈwɪtbi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Whitby getting more or less common?

More common. 2,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,532 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Whitby

A Norse place surname, carried by 2,532 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwɪtbi/ 2 syllables Soundex W310

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whitby is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

From Old Norse hvítr býr (“white town”). Equivalent to white + -by.

Whitby 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 2,532 people named Whitby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,937 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,385.

#12,279

rank among US surnames

2,532

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #12,017)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,274	Vinyard	2,534	121,841
#12,276	Altizer	2,533	121,889
#12,279	Sparling	2,532	121,937
#12,285	Dolezal	2,531	121,986

Who is named Whitby

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

70% of people named Whitby identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Whitbys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Audrey Whitby
American actress (born 1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Whidbee
Whidby

Whitby has the Soundex code W310, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W310.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Whitby come from?: From Old Norse hvítr býr (“white town”). Equivalent to white + -by.
How common is the surname Whitby?: 2,532 people in the United States had the surname Whitby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,937 Americans. It ranked 12,279th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Whitby?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Whitby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Whitby?: Audrey Whitby, American actress (born 1996).
Where is the surname Whitby most common?: Wikidata records people named Whitby in the United States.
How do you pronounce Whitby?: Whitby is /ˈwɪtbi/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Whitby?: Whitby is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Whitby getting more or less common?: More common. 2,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,532 in 2010, up 6.2%.
What are other spellings of Whitby?: Whidbee and Whidby.