Broadby Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Broadby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Broadby 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
Australia1641:164,60817,026
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
England21:27,859,030389,889
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Broadby Last Name Facts

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

Broadby is borne by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Broadby click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Broadby? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,310,135th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. Broadby occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Broadby live; 95 percent live in Australasia and 95 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Broadby is most numerous in Australia, where it is borne by 164 people, or 1 in 164,608. In Australia Broadby is most numerous in: Tasmania, where 72 percent reside, New South Wales, where 7 percent reside and South Australia, where 7 percent reside. Beside Australia it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Broadby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Broadby has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Broadby last name decreased 75 percent between 1881 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
Broadway809,749/
Broadber801/
Broadbed800/
Broadbet800/
Broadbett756/
Broadbech750/
Vroadway672/
Broaddue672/
Braodway671/
Broaduis670/
Broadwith63177/
Broadhvest599/
Broadhuest591/
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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 Broadby
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