Goulby Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Goulby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 105 | 1:632,597 | 82,532 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 37 | 1:658,794 | 32,071 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Goulby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goulby Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goulby is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Goulby? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,649,806th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name Goulby occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Goulby live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 632,597. In France Goulby is mostly found in: Grand Est, where 93 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 7 percent live. Outside of France this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
Goulby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Goulby has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Goulby last name decreased 59 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Goulby
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