Dilby Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Dilby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dilby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Dilby (8) may also be a first name.

Dilby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dilby occurs more in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dilby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dilby is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 60 percent of Dilby are found; 60 percent are found in Australasia and 60 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 4,213,784th most common forename world-wide, borne by 8 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Australia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 8,998,567. In Australia it is most frequent in: New South Wales, where 67 percent reside and Queensland, where 33 percent reside. Not including Australia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent reside.

Dilby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dilby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dilby last name contracted 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dilbay9187/
Dilbey9123/
Dilboy9114/
Dielby911/
Dilba80510/
Delby80153/
Dilbe80145/
Dilbi8052/
Dølby8031/
Dilwy801/
Dilber738,849/
Delboy73432/
Delbey73118/
Dilbea7358/
Dellby7348/
Doelby7331/
Dilbis7326/
Delbay7320/
Dielba7315/
Dilbeç734/
Delbys733/
Dilbai733/
Dilbet733/
Dielbe731/
Dilbie731/
Deelby731/
Dlebyd731/
Dilbech675/
Delbays673/
Dilbeer673/
Delboyd672/
Dilwaya671/
Dlbj671/
Dlvy671/
Dilbess671/
Dhilber671/
Dilbest670/
Degliby670/

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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 Dilby
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