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

Barkby is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Barkby.

How Common Is The Last Name Barkby? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,300,225th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Barkby live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most common in England, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 530,648. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Leicestershire, where 51 percent live, Northumberland, where 10 percent live and Bedfordshire, where 7 percent live. Aside from England Barkby occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.

Barkby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Barkby has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 131 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Barkby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Barkby last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75% being registered with the political 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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