Colby is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Colby
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

A parish in Norfolk, and a township in Westmoreland.

One who came from Colby meaning "Koli's homestead," the name of places in Norfolk and Westmorland.

Cole's or cold dwelling.

How popular is Colby?

Colby is common in United States, England, Canada, Australia, South Africa.

Colby is ranked 30700 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Colby bearers increased by 2.31 per cent in 2010 US census to 11278 since 2000, the surname slipped by 189 spots and ranked at 3204. The last name was found in around 4 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.16 93.96
Hispanic or Latino 2.23 1.71
Others 1.7 1.48
Black 1.63 1.75
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.8 0.64
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.47 0.46
Colby is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 17417 people have been found who wears Colby as their family name. Colby is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Colby:
3,071 United States14,902
Countries with hundreds of Colby:
7,435 England879
5,879 Canada761
10,337 Australia300
20,823 South Africa282
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
101,917 Germany45
13,667 New Zealand44
283,723 Indonesia20
6,126 Northern Ireland19
224,666 France18
10,207 Ireland16
363,835 Thailand14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
350,626 Brazil10
20,332 Scotland10
18,086 Wales9
249,062 Philippines6
55,922 Qatar6

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Colby worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 14 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Isaac Webb and arrived on May 25, 1850. Jas.F. Colby, aged 32, Caroline Colby (26) Immigrant, Ann-Jane Colby (Born at sea) Infant, Immigrant Thomas Colby, Robert Colby, aged 29, Immigrant Francis Colby, Ann Colby, aged 10, Immigrant Kitty Colby, are others that migrated to US.

Colby Namesakes

  • Thomas Frederick Colby, British major-general and director of the Ordnance Survey
  • Frank Moore Colby, American educator and writer
  • John Colby, evangelist and itinerant preacher in the early Free Will Baptist movement
  • Moses French Colby, doctor and politician in Canada East
  • William Colby, American intelligence officer
  • Bainbridge Colby, American lawyer, a political progressive
  • Anita Colby, actress and model
  • Anthony Colby, American businessman and politician
  • Jamie Colby, American national news correspondent and anchor for Fox News Channel
  • Charles Carroll Colby, Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician
  • William Edward Colby, American lawyer, conservationist
  • Barbara Colby, American actress

Colby Namesakes

  • Thomas Frederick Colby, British major-general and director of the Ordnance Survey
  • Frank Moore Colby, American educator and writer
  • John Colby, evangelist and itinerant preacher in the early Free Will Baptist movement
  • Moses French Colby, doctor and politician in Canada East
  • William Colby, American intelligence officer
  • Bainbridge Colby, American lawyer, a political progressive
  • Anita Colby, actress and model
  • Anthony Colby, American businessman and politician
  • Jamie Colby, American national news correspondent and anchor for Fox News Channel
  • Charles Carroll Colby, Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician
  • William Edward Colby, American lawyer, conservationist
  • Barbara Colby, American actress

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