Kensby Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Kensby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kensby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Norway31:1,714,09579,528

Kensby Last Name Facts

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

Kensby is found most frequently in Sweden. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kensby? popularity and diffusion

Kensby is the 5,213,395th most widespread surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kensby reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 895,160. In Sweden Kensby is mostly found in: Värmland County, where 64 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 18 percent are found and Örebro County, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Sweden this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 21 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kenesbay862,669/
Kensib8324/
Kansby831/
Kensab831/
Kenseb831/
Kinsby831/
Censby830/
Kensubi773/
Qwensby772/
Kensube771/
Kenseeb771/
Kensaba771/
Kensabi771/
Kenssab771/
Kaensub771/
Kanosby770/
Kinseby770/
Konsb731/
Konysbay71620/
Kenesbai71192/
Kencebay7155/
Konisbay7115/
Konusbay712/
Kensuubi712/
Kenseibo711/
Kensubua711/
Kianesby711/
Queensby710/
Kansab67852/
Gunsby6772/
Kensap6720/
Kansub6712/
Kensep6711/
Cansby6711/
Konsub677/
Gansby674/
Kansib674/
Kunsub672/
Kunsab672/
Kansabiya671/
Khonsubey671/
Konsab671/
Kensip671/
Kinsbo671/
Kinseb671/
Kyenasaba671/
Kensup671/
Kanseb671/
Gonsby670/
Quinsby621/
Kinsber620/

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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 Kensby
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