de By Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de By Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de By 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
Netherlands321:527,72448,879
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de By Last Name Facts

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

de By is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de By? popularity and diffusion

The last name de By is the 3,274,477th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of de By are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 527,724. In The Netherlands de By is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 75 percent reside, South Holland, where 16 percent reside and Gelderland, where 3 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

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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 de By
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