Fogby Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Fogby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fogby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden161:615,42245,338
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fogby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fogby is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Fogby.

How Common Is The Last Name Fogby? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Fogby occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Fogby live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 615,422. In Sweden Fogby is primarily concentrated in: Kalmar County, where 94 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 6 percent are found. Not including Sweden this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fogbe8092/
Fogba8014/
Fagby800/
Vogby800/
Fongbe734,368/
Fungby7311/
Fougbe736/
Foigbe733/
Fogbeh731/
Fogboi731/
Fagbay731/
Foghbi731/
Fugbey730/
Foungbe67261/
Fongbai6715/
Fougbeu677/
Fongbea671/
Fougbie671/

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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 Fogby
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