Cansby Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Cansby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Cansby Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden111:895,16066,831
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Cansby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cansby is found most in Sweden. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Cansby.

How Common Is The Last Name Cansby? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Cansby live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequent in Sweden, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 895,160. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 82 percent are found and Örebro County, where 18 percent are found.

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
Cansbey920/
Sansby83213/
Jansby8338/
Kansby831/
Camsby830/
Cansuay7793/
Sansbuy771/
Sainsby770/
Jansbay770/
Sansbey770/
Cansway770/
Jonsby6713/
Consba674/
Sonsby673/
Canswe671/
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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 Cansby
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