# Willoughby (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/willoughby/  
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.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,111 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,257 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,164 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (15,622 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English weliġ (“willow”) and Old Norse byr (“settlement”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Willoughby 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Willoughby in Australia and the United States.

## People named Willoughby

- Sam Willoughby, Australian bicycle motocross racer
- Tim Willoughby, Australian rower, yachtsman and investment banker (1954–2008)
- Kim Willoughby, American volleyball player

## Similar surnames

Walkup.

## 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.