Barkby Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Barkby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barkby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1051:530,64833,151
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England801:304,69220,471

Barkby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Barkby occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Barkby? popularity and diffusion

The surname Barkby is the 1,300,225th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 71 percent of Barkby live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequent in England, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 530,648. In England Barkby is most frequent in: Leicestershire, where 51 percent are found, Northumberland, where 10 percent are found and Bedfordshire, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account England Barkby occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.

Barkby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Barkby has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Barkby surname increased 131 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Barkby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Barkby are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.

Barkby earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.31% less than the national average, earning $32,227 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Barckby920/
Barkber771/
Barkve67110/
Berkbe6736/
Barkva671/
Barkved62165/
Bourkba6215/
Barcbai623/
Bourkbe621/
Barkhwa621/
Barkvis621/
Barkvist570/
Varkvi5011/
Borkva501/
Varkva501/

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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
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  • 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 Barkby
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