Explore the Family Name Harby

The meaning of Harby

English: habitational name from Hareby (Lincolnshire) or Harby (Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire). The Lincolnshire placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Hari + Old Norse bȳ ‘farmstead, village’. The Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire placenames probably derive from Old Norse hjǫrth ‘herd’ (genitive hjarthar) + bȳ.

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How common is the last name Harby in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Harby has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname dropped from 84,968 in 2000 to 95,545 in 2010, a change of -12.45%. During the same period, the number of people with this surname also decreased by -6.83%, from 205 in 2000 to 191 in 2010. The proportion of people with the surname Harby per 100,000 population decreased by 25% to 0.06.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#84,968	#95,545	-12.45%
Count	205	191	-6.83%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.06	-25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Harby

According to the ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census, there was a notable shift in the ethnic identity of people carrying the Harby surname between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, 80.49% identified as White, and this proportion increased to 85.34% in 2010. The percentage of those who identified as Black also saw an increase, going from 9.76% in 2000 to 12.57% in 2010. This represents a growth of 28.79%. Those identifying with two or more races were recorded at 6.83% in 2000 but this category was not represented in 2010. There were no individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	80.49%	85.34%	6.03%
Black	9.76%	12.57%	28.79%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	6.83%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%