Jolby Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Jolby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jolby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

Jolby (31) may also be a first name.

Jolby Last Name Facts

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

Jolby occurs more in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jolby? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Jolby occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Jolby reside; 88 percent reside in Northern Europe and 88 percent reside in Scandinavia. Jolby is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held given name in the world, held by 31 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 656,450. In Sweden Jolby is mostly concentrated in: Gotland County, where 47 percent are found, Stockholm County, where 20 percent are found and Västmanland County, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Sweden this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ajolby911/
Colby8017,419/
Holby80832/
Jalby80569/
Solby80100/
Jolbe8018/
Jolba805/
Zolby801/
Julby800/
Colbey73272/
Jalbay73167/
Jolbit7373/
Holbay7373/
Solbay7367/
Houlby7339/
Collby7327/
Holboy7312/
Kholby738/
Jallby737/
Hollby735/
Colbay735/
Cholby735/
Solboy734/
Solbey734/
Djolbe733/
Julbay732/
Jolber732/
Joulba731/
Hoolby731/
Scolby731/
Holbey731/
Joulbe731/
Colbuy730/
Coolby730/
Coulboy6748/
Houlbey6724/
Houlbay6724/
Zholbay679/
Djoulbe676/
Kholbay673/
Zoulbey672/
Jolbois672/
Julbaya672/
Cholbay671/
Coolboy671/
Hoselby671/
Jalbooy671/
Hollboy670/

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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 Jolby
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