Colbyn Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Colbyn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colbyn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678

Colbyn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Colbyn is most common in South Africa. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Colbyn click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Colbyn? popularity and diffusion

The surname Colbyn is the 3,798,600th most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Colbyn reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Colbyn is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,006,582. In South Africa Colbyn is most frequent in: North West, where 48 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 30 percent are found and Gauteng, where 15 percent are found.

Colbyn Last Name Statistics demography

Colbyn earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.15% more than the national average, earning R 304,536 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Colbn912/
Cholbyna863/
Kolbyn83164/
Colbin8394/
Colwyn8363/
Colben839/
Kolbyna77178/
Colbing7730/
Colbent776/
Colbina775/
Colbuen772/
Scolbin771/
Coulbin771/
Colbinn770/
Colbuin770/
Colwn734/
Colvn731/
Kolbn730/
Zholbyna711/
Kolbin674,181/
Kolben67140/
Colwin6788/
Calbin6763/
Zolbin6744/
Calben6735/
Jolben6714/
Coluin6711/
Kolbynova678/
Qolbin678/
Kalbyn677/
Kulbyn677/
Solbin674/
Coluen671/
Colwen671/
Culbin671/
Colbem671/
Solben670/

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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 Colbyn
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