Balsby Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Balsby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Balsby Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark1591:35,5013,690
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Balsby Last Name Facts

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

Balsby occurs more in Denmark more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Balsby? popularity and diffusion

Balsby is the 1,310,135th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Balsby reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.

Balsby is most frequent in Denmark, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 35,501. In Denmark Balsby is mostly found in: Central Denmark Region, where 28 percent reside, Region of Southern Denmark, where 26 percent reside and Capital Region of Denmark, where 23 percent reside. Outside of Denmark this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 5 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Balsby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Balsby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Balsby last name decreased 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walsby83123/
Bolsby83120/
Walesby77151/
Wealsby7737/
Wallsby7720/
Boolsby771/
Boulsby770/
Bollsby770/
Bolesby770/
Bolsbey770/
Balsbee770/
Whalesby7110/
Balesber715/
Balesbes712/
Boslesby711/
Balesbis711/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Balsby
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