The Darby surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,757 people carried this name — #1,921 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 17,854 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Darby surname
A habitational surname from Old Norse.
From the English place name Derby, from Old Norse djúr (“deer”) + býr (“settlement”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Darby» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 11 births for the Darby name in 1890.
Most were registered in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. One of them was indexed under another spelling of the name.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 72 people named Darby.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Indre.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
35 people named Darby is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Darby,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joan Darby d. 1708 · printer
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John Darby d. 1704
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Mary Jane Darby d. 1899
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John Darby d. 1608
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Jonathan Darby d. 1667
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Anna Maria Frend d. 1749
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Darby.
- Daoud 1,875 · U.S. census
- Daoust 1,356 · U.S. census
- Dapp 358 · U.S. census
- Dapremont 142 · U.S. census
- Daquin 286 · U.S. census
- Daras 173 · U.S. census
- Darce 266 · U.S. census
- Darche 245 · U.S. census
- Darcy 4,876 · U.S. census
- Dard 108 · U.S. census
- Dardeau 129 · U.S. census
- Dardenne 247 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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