Jensby Surname

476,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 701 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Jensby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jensby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark5601:10,080943
United States1291:2,809,759166,838
Norway81:642,78647,258
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Jensby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jensby occurs more in Denmark more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jensby? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 476,893rd most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 10,395,929 people. The last name Jensby is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of Jensby are found; 81 percent are found in Northern Europe and 81 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most prevalent in Denmark, where it is borne by 560 people, or 1 in 10,080. In Denmark it is most numerous in: Central Denmark Region, where 34 percent are found, North Denmark Region, where 24 percent are found and Region of Southern Denmark, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Denmark it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.

Jensby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Jensby surname are 25.64% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.41% registered with the party.

The amount Jensby earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 4.47% less than the national average, earning 330,595 kr per year and in United States they earn 0.59% less than the national average, earning $42,896 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ensby91191/
Hensby831,123/
Ensbey83249/
Jemsby8320/
Jänsby8320/
Jønsby838/
Gensby831/
Censby830/
Heinsby771/
Hensbey770/
Hinsby67136/
Schjønsby6740/
Ginsby6720/
Hemsby671/
Sensbe671/
Gemsby670/

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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 Jensby
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