Kimby Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Kimby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 67 | 1:146,967 | 10,337 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kimby (174) may also be a first name.
Kimby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimby Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kimby is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kimby click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimby? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,168,711th most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. Kimby occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Kimby reside; 91 percent reside in Northern Europe and 91 percent reside in Scandinavia. Kimby is also the 692,220th most commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 174 people.
The surname is most widespread in Sweden, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 146,967. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 58 percent reside, Uppsala County, where 24 percent reside and Östergötland County, where 7 percent reside. Barring Sweden it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Denmark, where 3 percent reside.
Kimby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kimby has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 300 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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kimby
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