The Roby surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,986 people carried this name — #3,630 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 828 people named Roby.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 66 départements, most often Haute-Vienne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Roby live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Roby.
- Robinson 503,028 · U.S. census
- Robitaille 2,561 · U.S. census
- Robledo 11,620 · U.S. census
- Robles 61,619 · U.S. census
- Roblin 314 · U.S. census
- Robson 7,880 · U.S. census
- Robyn 290 · U.S. census
- Roc 363 · U.S. census
- Roca 2,868 · U.S. census
- Rocafort 100 · U.S. census
- Rocamora 201 · U.S. census
- Rocca 1,561 · U.S. census
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