Hedbys Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Hedbys Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 39 | 1:252,481 | 17,476 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hedbys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hedbys Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hedbys occurs more in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hedbys? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,979,664th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Hedbys live; 93 percent live in Northern Europe and 91 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname Hedbys is most frequent in Sweden, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 252,481. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Dalarna County, where 33 percent live, Skåne County, where 33 percent live and Stockholm County, where 13 percent live. Barring Sweden this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and Italy, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedby | 91 | 22 | / |
| Hedbey | 83 | 24 | / |
| Hedboy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Edby | 80 | 11 | / |
| Heideby | 77 | 20 | / |
| Headboy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hedba | 73 | 1,206 | / |
| Hedbe | 73 | 85 | / |
| Edbis | 73 | 10 | / |
| Gedby | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ejdby | 73 | 9 | / |
| Edbey | 73 | 9 | / |
| Eidby | 73 | 8 | / |
| Jedby | 73 | 7 | / |
| Edbay | 73 | 7 | / |
| Hedbi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Eddby | 73 | 4 | / |
| Edboy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chedbois | 71 | 23 | / |
| Hidboy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hedhbi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khedbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hedber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hedbeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejdeby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Edbeis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chedba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gedbey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Hedbys
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