Barnesby Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Barnesby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barnesby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315

Barnesby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Barnesby is more commonly found in Australia than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Barnesby? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Barnesby are found; 75 percent are found in Australasia and 75 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

Barnesby is most prevalent in Australia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,999,522. In Australia Barnesby is mostly found in: Western Australia, where 67 percent reside and Victoria, where 33 percent reside. Outside of Australia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Singapore, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Barnesbey944/
Barneby9391/
Barnebey88154/
Barnetby8819/
Bernesby8818/
Barneyby880/
Borneby8010/
Barnebe804/
Barnebi802/
Barnebee75124/
Barnebei753/
Barnebie751/
Bornebe670/
Bournebe63532/
Bornebie631/
Bornheber5929/
Bourneube5919/
Bornesved591/
Barnechuer563/
Bornevi534/
Borneve533/

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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 Barnesby
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