Fourby Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam

Fourby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fourby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:7,879,542351,394
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Guam11:160,1214,893
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Fourby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fourby is found most in The United States. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fourby? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,661,929th most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Fourby are found; 87 percent are found in North America and 87 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Fourby is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 7,879,542. In The United States Fourby is most prevalent in: California, where 74 percent are found and New York, where 26 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 11 percent are found and Guam, where 2 percent are found.

Fourby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fourby has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fourby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Fourby are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Fourby earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 53.04% more than the national average, earning R 363,684 per year and in United States they earn 1.11% less than the national average, earning $42,670 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fourbay921/
Furby911,352/
Forby91399/
Forbay83504/
Faurby83283/
Furbay83184/
Forbey83178/
Furbey8383/
Fourbe8325/
Forbys834/
Fourbé832/
Forboy832/
Fourba832/
Forbiy831/
Furboy830/
Fauerby77178/
Fourbet7767/
Fourway779/
Fourbes771/
Forbyth771/
Forba73727/
Forbi73502/
Farby7386/
Forbe7383/
Furba7365/
Furvy737/
Furbi734/
Furbe733/
Forvy732/
Forwy731/
Forbé731/
Forbes67111,630/
Forbis672,851/
Furber672,814/
Furbee671,095/
Forber67646/
Fearby67276/
Voorby67200/
Forbai6780/
Forway6773/
Farbey6764/
Forbeh6742/
Forbit6741/
Farbyi6720/
Forbez6716/
Fourwa6715/
Forbie6710/
Forbet679/
Vorbey678/
Farbay677/
Forbih676/
Forbid675/
Forbed674/
Furway671/
Forwey671/
Furbes671/
Forbui671/
Fairby671/
Foruay671/
Fourue671/
Forbés671/
Forbee670/
Phurby670/
Furbis670/
Phorby670/
Furbet670/
Furbie670/
Farboy670/
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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 Fourby
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