Appleby Surname

22,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Appleby Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Appleby,' parishes in Westmorland, Lincolnshire, and Leicestershire. Many local surnames ending in by are now found as bee, as this dictionary proves in various pages.

Geoffrey de Appelby, Lincolnshire, 1273.

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Appleby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England10,1191:5,506781
United States7,7641:46,6855,673
Australia3,0971:8,7171,295
Canada1,5361:23,9883,264
New Zealand3751:12,0762,103
Scotland2371:22,5902,556
Wales2241:13,8151,513
South Africa2051:264,28126,485
Ireland1171:40,2473,159
Jamaica921:31,1952,283
Northern Ireland671:27,5382,970
France601:1,107,045119,335
Spain371:1,263,56942,239
Thailand261:2,716,859279,944
Sweden251:393,87027,867
Israel231:372,07130,321
Malta181:23,9041,289
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Panama81:489,0328,962
Finland71:785,24338,644
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
China51:273,464,31313,838
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Isle of Man21:42,9113,686
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland731:60,6834,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,8071:5,071770
Scotland511:73,3964,210
Wales411:38,2542,050
Isle of Man61:9,045877
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3391:37,5054,446

Appleby (26) may also be a first name.

Appleby Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Appleby,' parishes in Westmorland, Lincolnshire, and Leicestershire. Many local surnames ending in by are now found as bee, as this dictionary proves in various pages.

Geoffrey de Appelby, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Appleby, vicar of Tilney, Norfolk, 1372: History of Norfolk.

Thomas de Appleby, Bishop of Carlisle, 1 Ric. II: ibid.

Henry de Apelby, 1367, rector of Bolton-juxta-Bowland: Whittaker's Craven.

Johannes de Appleby, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1624. William Browne and Rachel Appleby: Marriage Lic. (London).

18th C. William Norris and Sarah Appelbee: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

APPLEBIE: Of local origin from some place of the name in England, perhaps Appley in Westmorland. Robert de Appilby appears as a witness in 1257 (LSC., p. 80), and John Aplebie, litster, is in record in Edinburgh in 1661 (Edinb. Marr.). James Appleby, merchant in Dumfries, 1798 (Dumfries).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Scandinavian) belonging to Appleby = the Orchard, or the Apple-Tree Farm or Dwelling. [Old Norse eple, apple-tree + by-r].

The Derbyshire Appleby occurs in the will of Wullric, Earl of Mercia (A.D. 1002), in the anglicized form Æppelby.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Appleby (homestead where apples grew), the name of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A location name in Westmorland., Leicest., Lincolnshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Applebys of Derbyshire, who have their home in the Ashbourn district, take their name from a parish on the Leicestershire border.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Appleby Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Appleby Come From? nationality or country of origin

Appleby is found most in England. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Appleby? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 22,456th most frequent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 301,325 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 45 percent of Appleby live; 45 percent live in Northern Europe and 45 percent live in British Isles. Appleby is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 26 people.

The last name Appleby is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 10,119 people, or 1 in 5,506. In England it is most prevalent in: Tyne and Wear, where 10 percent reside, Greater London, where 9 percent reside and Durham, where 7 percent reside. Not including England Appleby exists in 67 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 32 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.

Appleby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Appleby has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 211 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 580 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 465 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 546 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 160 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Appleby Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Appleby last name are 17.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.27% registered with the political party.

The amount Appleby earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.76% more than the national average, earning 393,714 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 149.5% more than the national average, earning R 592,896 per year; in United States they earn 3.39% more than the national average, earning $44,612 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.15% more than the national average, earning $53,236 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Applebey9395/
Applebay9344/
Applesby934/
Applleby933/
Gappleby931/
Apppleby930/
Appleboy930/
Applby9218/
Apleby921/
Appelby86225/
Applebe8643/
Appleba8621/
Applbey864/
Applebi862/
Applyby861/
Aplleby861/
Appliby860/
Aplby830/
Applebee802,699/
Appleway803/
Applebet802/
Applebea801/
Appelbay801/
Appleebe800/
Applebis800/
Applebie800/
Applebed800/
Apelby778/
Applebees7515/
Appllebee751/
Applebeet751/
Appelbe71295/
Applbee711/
Applbed710/
Appelba710/
Appelbee67191/
Aplevych6729/
Apllebee673/
Appelwei671/
Gappelbe671/
Applewha671/
Applibee670/
Appelbie670/

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