# Wilby (surname)

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

A habitational surname, from any of the three English villages.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 317 |
| US rank (2010) | 63,068 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 973,961 people |
| Change since 2000 | -14.1% (369 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * The village in Norfolk is named with Old English welig (“willow”) + Old Norse bý (“farmstead”). * The village in Northamptonshire is named with the Old Norse personal name Villi + bý (“farmstead”). * The village in Suffolk is named with Old English welig (“willow”) + bēag (“ring, circle”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wilby 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wilby in the United Kingdom.

## People named Wilby

- James Wilby, British actor

## Similar surnames

Wolfe, Wolf, Wolff, Woolf, Wulf, Wulff.

## 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.