Blackby Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Wales

Blackby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Blackby 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
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Wales41:773,63329,106
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Blackby Last Name Facts

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

Blackby is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Blackby? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,532,898th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Blackby occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Blackby live; 74 percent live in Northern Europe and 53 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 984,676. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Blekinge County, where 70 percent are found, Skåne County, where 20 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 10 percent are found. Besides Sweden Blackby exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Blackby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Blackby has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Blackby surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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
Blackboy9321/
Blackbey933/
Blackbay931/
Blackkby931/
Blackbysh881/
Bleckby860/
Blackbee8030/
Blackbeid750/
Blekbay711/
Blaqboy711/
Bleckbie670/
Blyakva571/
Blockhuis5052/
Bladkvist502/
Blaskvich501/
Blazcvich501/
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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 Blackby
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