Derby Surname
Approximately 16,973 people bear this surname
Derby Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Derby,' the capital of the county of that name. With the two spellings, compare Clerk and Clark, Parkins and Perkins, &c. The 'race for the Darby' is now almost universal, but in my part of the world (North Lancashire) it is as often as not the 'Derby.
Read More About This SurnameDerby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,509 | 1:42,597 | 5,225 |
| Ghana | 2,840 | 1:9,514 | 1,275 |
| Egypt | 1,464 | 1:62,798 | 5,897 |
| England | 921 | 1:60,497 | 7,167 |
| Canada | 486 | 1:75,814 | 8,549 |
| France | 323 | 1:205,643 | 31,948 |
| Iraq | 283 | 1:123,751 | 3,451 |
| Jamaica | 261 | 1:10,996 | 1,156 |
| Suriname | 256 | 1:2,159 | 289 |
| Palestine | 188 | 1:24,196 | 3,557 |
| Syria | 183 | 1:105,470 | 3,409 |
| Northern Ireland | 150 | 1:12,300 | 1,807 |
| Australia | 145 | 1:186,177 | 18,652 |
| New Zealand | 132 | 1:34,305 | 5,926 |
| South Africa | 117 | 1:463,057 | 38,677 |
| Scotland | 113 | 1:47,379 | 4,177 |
| Netherlands | 102 | 1:165,561 | 24,214 |
| Iran | 86 | 1:892,820 | 42,918 |
| Nigeria | 74 | 1:2,393,821 | 79,921 |
| Ireland | 35 | 1:134,541 | 6,387 |
| Jordan | 31 | 1:285,240 | 10,901 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 24 | 1:56,832 | 4,715 |
| Chile | 23 | 1:765,934 | 16,989 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 16 | 1:7,041 | 703 |
| Costa Rica | 14 | 1:341,434 | 3,425 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Grenada | 5 | 1:21,707 | 1,054 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Norfolk Island | 3 | 1:765 | 177 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 165 | 1:26,848 | 2,845 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 432 | 1:56,424 | 6,691 |
| Scotland | 113 | 1:33,126 | 2,735 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:130,701 | 5,289 |
| Isle of Man | 3 | 1:18,090 | 1,402 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,352 | 1:21,351 | 2,691 |
Derby (4,160) may also be a first name.
Derby Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Derby,' the capital of the county of that name. With the two spellings, compare Clerk and Clark, Parkins and Perkins, &c. The 'race for the Darby' is now almost universal, but in my part of the world (North Lancashire) it is as often as not the 'Derby.' compare.
'Mirabile Pecci; or the none-such wonder of the Peak in Darby shire.': Loud. 1669.
Robot de Derby, Lancashire, 1332: Lay Subsidy (Rylands).
William de Dereby, Derbyshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Robertas de Derby, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Derby, 1379: ibid.
Nicholaos de Derby, 1379: ibid.
1733. Married — Thomas Walthall and Sarah Darby: St. George, Hanover Square.
From Derby, the capital of the county of that name in England. Stephanus de Dereby was canon of Aberdeen c. 1240 (REA., I, p. 16), and Magister Roger de Derbi, precentor of Aberdeen, c. 1250 (RAA., I, p. 266), appears two years later as canon of Dunkeld (Scon, p. 74). A family of this name, probably recent incomers from England, were millers at Cluden Mill, Dumfriesshire, c. 1880.
(Scandinavian) belonging to Derby = either Dyr’s Estate or the Deer-Enclosure [Old Norse dyr = Old English deór (wild) animal, deer + Old Norse by-r]
(English) One who came from Derby (homestead frequented by wild animals), in Derbyshire.
A corruption of Derby. So Darbishire from Derbyshire.
The town.
Local. A corruption of Derby, a shire of England, so called from doire, a forest, a woody, hilly country abounding in deer; or it may be Deerhy, the town of deer.
Local. From Derby, in England. Deer—by, the town or county abounding in deer. (See Darby.)
(English), Deor's or Deer's dwelling. (variant: Deering.)
John Darby was buried in Fladbury church in 1667; Darby was the "beloved servant" of the Governor of Worcester during the siege in 1646 (N.).
User-submitted Reference
The family name is Darbi and in other languages it can sometimes be rendered: Al-Darbi, Derbi, or Darby.
- dralderbiDerby Demographics
Average Male Derby Height
175.87 cm
Average Female Derby Height
164.11 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Derby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Derby Come From? nationality or country of origin
Derby (Arabic: الدربـي) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Derby.
How Common Is The Last Name Derby? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 31,453rd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 429,361 people. The surname Derby occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Derby reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 107,701st most common given name in the world. It is borne by 4,160 people.
The surname Derby is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 8,509 people, or 1 in 42,597. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 11 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Other than The United States Derby occurs in 86 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 17 percent live and Egypt, where 9 percent live.
Derby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Derby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Derby last name expanded 362 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 213 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 79 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Derby Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (44%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Derby surname are 10.51% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.28% being registered with the political party.
The amount Derby earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 6.56% more than the national average, earning R 253,236 per year; in United States they earn 3.47% more than the national average, earning $44,648 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.91% less than the national average, earning $48,238 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Derby Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Derby in the Arabic language | ||
| الدربـي | aldrby | - |
| دربـي | drby | - |
| الدربي | aldrby | - |
| دربي | drby | - |
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