Greenby Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Greenby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greenby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:3,095,448105,421
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Greenby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Greenby is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Greenby click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Greenby? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,307,654th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Greenby are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 3,095,448. In England it is mostly found in: Greater London, where 100 percent reside. Outside of England Greenby is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent reside and Israel, where 5 percent reside.

Greenby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Greenby has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Greenby last name grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 50 percent between 1880 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
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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 Greenby
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