Bensby Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Bensby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Bensby 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
Sweden291:339,54323,803
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Israel91:950,84857,975
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Bensby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bensby occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bensby click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bensby? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,718,172nd most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name Bensby is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Bensby live; 78 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 339,543. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 66 percent reside, Skåne County, where 21 percent reside and Halland County, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Sweden this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 22 percent reside and Israel, where 18 percent reside.

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
Bensbyh921/
Bensba83136/
Wensby8328/
Vensby8311/
Binsby830/
Bensbaa773,945/
Bensbih771,125/
Bensbai7710/
Bens'ba771/
Bensbet771/
Bensway770/
Bensbhaa712/
Benssbaa711/
Bensbaha711/
Winsby67182/
Benzvy675/
Benssbehe674/
Benswa674/
Bensvi672/
Benssbihe671/
Benzwy671/
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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 Bensby
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