Battensby Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Battensby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Battensby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1781:313,02323,520
Canada601:614,09350,489
Scotland291:184,61410,113
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1051:232,14617,394

Battensby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Battensby is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Battensby? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 889,654th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 24,130,947 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Battensby reside; 70 percent reside in Northern Europe and 70 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 313,023. In England Battensby is most common in: West Yorkshire, where 39 percent are found, Tyne and Wear, where 16 percent are found and Durham, where 12 percent are found. Other than England this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 20 percent are found and Scotland, where 10 percent are found.

Battensby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Battensby has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Battensby surname increased 170 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Battensby Last Name Statistics demography

Battensby earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 0.19% less than the national average, earning $49,588 CAD per year.

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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 Battensby
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