Frosteby Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Frosteby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Frosteby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Frosteby Last Name Facts

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

Frosteby is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Frosteby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Frosteby is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Frosteby are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 94 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequent in Sweden, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 656,450. In Sweden Frosteby is most common in: Södermanland County, where 73 percent reside, Jämtland County, where 7 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Sweden this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 6 percent reside.

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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 Frosteby
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