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

Family Name / Last Name: Newby
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

One who came from Newby, i.e., the new or recently founded settlement, the name of various places in England.

"The new habitation." Five or six places in Yorkshire, and others in Cumberland and Westmoreland, are so called.

How popular is Newby?

Newby is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Jamaica, New Zealand, South Africa.

Newby is ranked 22220 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Newby bearers increased by 3.65 per cent in 2010 US census to 11483 since 2000, the surname slipped by 154 spots and ranked at 3148. 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 70.63 73.03
Black 23.76 22.63
Others 2.28 1.77
Hispanic or Latino 2.1 1.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.66 0.79
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.33
Newby is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 24478 people have been found who wears Newby as their family name. Newby is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Newby:
2,984 United States15,303
Countries with thousands of Newby:
1,422 England5,770
3,179 Australia1,170
Countries with hundreds of Newby:
5,663 Canada798
737 Jamaica496
2,756 New Zealand287
27,312 South Africa196
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,495 Wales88
6,133 Scotland63
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
219,200 Thailand41
163,564 France35
50,501 Netherlands30
8,761 Mongolia19
13,856 Singapore17
6,584 Panama15
235,042 Germany11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
67,454 Austria10
375,391 Brazil9
2,872 Jersey7
102,017 Sweden7
51,006 United Arab Emirates7
12,899 Northern Ireland6
3,169 Isle of Man6
863,365 India6
11,702 China6
5,462 Costa Rica6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Wilson Newby worked as mariner and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 24 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Charles Saunders and arrived on July 3, 1849. Farmer William Newby, Farmer Anne Newby, Infant Robert Newby, 2 years old Anne Newby, are others that migrated to US.

Newby Namesakes

  • James R. Newby, wikitree
  • Mark Newby, was
  • Thomas Cautley Newby, English publisher and printer based in London
  • Chris Newby, British film director and screenwriter
  • Eric Newby, English travel author
  • Paul Martin Newby, American judge
  • Dangerfield Newby, oldest of John Brown's raiders
  • P. H. Newby, English novelist and broadcasting administrator
  • Jon Newby, English footballer, who played as a striker
  • Howard Newby, was appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Liverpool in 2008 and retired
  • Craig Newby, former New Zealand rugby union player
  • Richard Newby, Baron Newby, British politician
  • Oliver Newby, English cricketer who played for Lancashire
  • Chas Newby, British musician

Newby Namesakes

  • James R. Newby, wikitree
  • Mark Newby, was
  • Thomas Cautley Newby, English publisher and printer based in London
  • Chris Newby, British film director and screenwriter
  • Eric Newby, English travel author
  • Paul Martin Newby, American judge
  • Dangerfield Newby, oldest of John Brown's raiders
  • P. H. Newby, English novelist and broadcasting administrator
  • Jon Newby, English footballer, who played as a striker
  • Howard Newby, was appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Liverpool in 2008 and retired
  • Craig Newby, former New Zealand rugby union player
  • Richard Newby, Baron Newby, British politician
  • Oliver Newby, English cricketer who played for Lancashire
  • Chas Newby, British musician

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