Fenby Surname

559,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 567 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Fenby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fenby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2101:265,32421,048
United States1871:1,938,283125,322
Australia1231:219,47721,009
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Wales81:386,81619,671
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
France11:66,422,722504,397
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1101:221,59416,923
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Fenby (18) may also be a first name.

Fenby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fenby is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fenby? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fenby is the 559,940th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 12,852,815 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 41 percent of Fenby live; 40 percent live in Northern Europe and 40 percent live in British Isles. Fenby is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring given name in the world, held by 18 people.

Fenby is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 210 people, or 1 in 265,324. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Durham, where 20 percent live, North Yorkshire, where 16 percent live and Greater London, where 11 percent live. Excluding England this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent live and Australia, where 22 percent live.

Fenby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fenby has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Fenby last name expanded 191 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 693 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fenby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fenby last name are 37.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 84.38% being registered with the political party.

The amount Fenby earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.8% more than the national average, earning $47,379 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.36% more than the national average, earning $52,842 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fenbe8017/
Finby8012/
Fynby806/
Fenbi801/
Fenba801/
Femby800/
Finboy7371/
Fynboy7343/
Finnby7324/
Fenway7318/
Vennby734/
Fenbeu731/
Finbey730/
Fenbee730/
Finbay730/
Fenber730/
Fennway671/
Fnba671/
Faemboy671/
Fienbih671/
Fiemboy671/
Finnboy671/
Fenwych670/

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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 Fenby
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