Willoughby

15,522 people in the United States were counted with the surname Willoughby in the 2020 census, making it the 2,289th most common in the country. That is about one person in 19,300.

By the numbers

People: 15,522
Rank: 2,289th
How common: 1 in 19,300
Per 100,000: 5.2

Where the name comes from

From Old English weliġ (“willow”) and Old Norse byr (“settlement”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Willoughby described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 79.5%
Black, not Hispanic 11.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino 2.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Willoughby

Sam Willoughby (born 1991)Australian bicycle motocross racer
Alise Willoughby (born 1991)American bicycle motocross rider
Hugh Willoughby (1500–1554)English polar explorer
Holly Willoughby (born 1981)English television presenter, model and author
Tim Willoughby (1954–2008)Australian rower, yachtsman and investment banker
Kim Willoughby (born 1980)American volleyball player
Catherine Willoughby, 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (1519–1580)English Baroness

People named Willoughby with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Willoughby

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.