Last Name WISBY

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Meaning	Local: Of Whisby, a chapelry in the parish of Doddington, county Lincoln.

Origin	English

Rank	42,529 (2000 US census)

Count	480 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

87.71%, or 421 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.92%, or 38 total occurrences, as black,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.25%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.67%, or 8 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.46%, or 7 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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