Collby Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Collby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Collby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Collby Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Collby is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Collby? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Collby reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname Collby is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 393,870. In Sweden Collby is primarily concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 72 percent reside and Uppsala County, where 28 percent reside. Barring Sweden this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colby | 91 | 17,419 | / |
| Coulby | 83 | 312 | / |
| Colbey | 83 | 272 | / |
| Colbay | 83 | 5 | / |
| Cholby | 83 | 5 | / |
| Cohlby | 83 | 1 | / |
| Scolby | 83 | 1 | / |
| Coolby | 83 | 0 | / |
| Colbuy | 83 | 0 | / |
| Coulboy | 77 | 48 | / |
| Collway | 77 | 2 | / |
| Collber | 77 | 2 | / |
| Cholbay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Coolboy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Collvay | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kolby | 73 | 833 | / |
| Colbe | 73 | 441 | / |
| Calby | 73 | 115 | / |
| Colba | 73 | 110 | / |
| Solby | 73 | 100 | / |
| Qolby | 73 | 58 | / |
| Jolby | 73 | 17 | / |
| Culby | 73 | 16 | / |
| Colbi | 73 | 8 | / |
| Colvy | 73 | 6 | / |
| Zolby | 73 | 1 | / |
| Colbé | 73 | 1 | / |
| Collbeth | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cholbi | 67 | 660 | / |
| Calbay | 67 | 659 | / |
| Cholvy | 67 | 609 | / |
| Kolbay | 67 | 425 | / |
| Czolbe | 67 | 275 | / |
| Kolbey | 67 | 156 | / |
| Colber | 67 | 145 | / |
| Colbea | 67 | 141 | / |
| Colbie | 67 | 129 | / |
| Colvey | 67 | 113 | / |
| Czolba | 67 | 73 | / |
| Solbay | 67 | 67 | / |
| Colway | 67 | 58 | / |
| Colbet | 67 | 44 | / |
| Kullby | 67 | 33 | / |
| Qolbiy | 67 | 16 | / |
| Sollbe | 67 | 15 | / |
| Kholby | 67 | 8 | / |
| Colbes | 67 | 7 | / |
| Jallby | 67 | 7 | / |
| Solboy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Solbey | 67 | 4 | / |
| Colbér | 67 | 3 | / |
| Colwey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sallby | 67 | 3 | / |
| Colbis | 67 | 3 | / |
| Calbey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Colbit | 67 | 3 | / |
| Coolbi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Coulbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Culbey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Calboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kollbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qallby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chalby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coluey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kolboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scalby | 67 | 0 | / |
| Colbee | 67 | 0 | / |
| Colboa | 67 | 0 | / |
| Collue | 67 | 0 | / |
| Caulby | 67 | 0 | / |
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Collby Reference & Research
Colby - Worldwide FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Collby
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis