Dewby Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Dewby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Dewby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dewby Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dewby occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dewby? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Dewby is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Dewby reside; 86 percent reside in Northern Europe and 86 percent reside in British Isles.
This surname is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 9,286,343. In England it is most frequent in: East Riding of Yorkshire, where 67 percent reside, Cambridgeshire, where 17 percent reside and Lancashire, where 17 percent reside. Excluding England this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent reside.
Dewby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dewby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dewby surname decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Dewby
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