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

Family Name / Last Name: Digby
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning: From Digby, a town in the county of Lincoln, England, so named from the Danish Dige, a dike, ditch or trench and by, a town hence the town by the dike

How popular is Digby?

Digby is common in United States.

Digby is ranked 72287 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Digby bearers increased by 4.53579 per cent in 2010 US census to 1475 since 2000, the surname slipped by 460 spots and ranked at 18648. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.07 82.49
Black 14.71 13.18
Others 2.37 1.63
Hispanic or Latino 1.29 1.2
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.15 0.99
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.41 0.5
Digby is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Gibraltar is ahead in terms of density. Around 6188 people have been found who wears Digby as their family name. Digby is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,005 Cayman Islands7
705 Gibraltar7
32,695 Nigeria3
46,068 Philippines3
90,215 Germany3
21,529 Singapore2
1,834 Malta2
50,640 Switzerland2
54,641 Sweden2
277,603 France1
3,350 Fiji1
810,193 Indonesia1
353 Cook Islands1
1,704,541 India1
10,190 Bahrain1
30,360 Thailand1
19,533 Uruguay1
2,935 Madagascar1
56,169 Mexico1
118,015 Netherlands1
153,416 Italy1
11,510 Oman1
16,640 Hong Kong1
3,586 Honduras1
29,046 Japan1
6,212 Jamaica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
11,444 Portugal28
71,920 Spain22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,305 Northern Ireland95
5,257 Wales68
7,449 Scotland66
5,846 Ireland55
Countries with hundreds of Digby:
4,173 Australia720
12,297 South Africa511
10,638 Canada369
6,410 New Zealand116
Countries with thousands of Digby:
3,370 England2,280
18,355 United States1,779
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, Of unknown age immigrant Jane-Mrs. Digby who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on September 22, 1849 by Reinzi put out from Belfast. Margt. Digby (Of unknown age) Immigrant, James Digby (18) Workman, John Digby, aged Born at sea, Workman Dick Digby, Immigrant Mrs Digby, Immigrant Robert Digby, are others that migrated to US.

Digby Namesakes

  • Amber Digby, Singer
  • BJ Digby, Musical Artist
  • Frederick James Bosworth Wingfield Digby, Simon Wingfield Digby's father
  • George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Politician
  • Kristian Digby, Television presenter
  • Paul Digby, Soccer player
  • George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Politician
  • Amber Digby, Singer
  • Matthew Digby Wyatt, Architect
  • Fraser Digby, Soccer player

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