Kolby Surname

417,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 833 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Greenland

Kolby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kolby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3841:943,90370,502
Denmark2721:20,7532,081
Norway751:68,5649,650
Austria351:243,29828,936
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Greenland111:5,125525
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
England51:11,143,612252,590
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Kolby (1,573) may also be a first name.

Kolby Last Name Facts

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

Kolby is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kolby? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 417,348th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 8,748,555 people. The last name Kolby is mostly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Kolby live; 48 percent live in North America and 47 percent live in Anglo-North America. Kolby is also the 195,177th most commonly used forename at a global level, borne by 1,573 people.

The surname Kolby is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 384 people, or 1 in 943,903. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 15 percent reside, Minnesota, where 14 percent reside and Texas, where 10 percent reside. Aside from The United States it exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 33 percent reside and Norway, where 9 percent reside.

Kolby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kolby has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,280 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kolby Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Kolby last name is predominantly Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Kolby last name are 8.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.54% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kolby earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2% more than the national average, earning 352,993 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 68.63% less than the national average, earning R 74,544 per year and in United States they earn 2.52% more than the national average, earning $44,235 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Kolbey91156/
Kholby918/
Kolboy911/
Kolbaya83270/
Koulbey8311/
Kholbay833/
Kolbych831/
Kolbe8018,873/
Colby8017,419/
Kolba802,197/
Kalby80326/
Kolbi80297/
Kolbé8070/
Qolby8058/
Kulby8013/
Külby808/
Kolvy802/
Kolbè801/
Kulbay73818/
Coulby73312/
Colbey73272/
Kolbai73271/
Kalbay73194/
Kolbee73110/
Kolbie7374/
Kulbyi7368/
Kholbi7355/
Kulbey7353/
Kulbyt7351/
Kaalby7350/
Kullby7333/
Khalby7330/
Collby7327/
Koulbe7319/
Kolbič7319/
Qolbiy7316/
Kolbei7315/
Koulba7315/
Kholba7314/
Kolvey7313/
Kulbiy7310/
Kolbeu739/
Kulbys736/
Colbay735/
Kolbaj734/
Kalbiy734/
Kalbey733/
Koelbe732/
Kolbeh732/
Koelbi732/
Kolboi731/
Cohlby731/
Kulbyy731/
Khulby731/
Kulbyd731/
Kalboy731/
Kollbe731/
Coolby730/
Kolbez730/
Kolbed730/
Colbuy730/
Khalbay67859/
Kolbaia67280/
Khulbey67125/
Kulbych6797/
Kolbicz6776/
Coulboy6748/
Kolbich6746/
Kolbitz6729/
Kolbetz6719/
Koulbai6712/
Kolbech6711/
Kolberh679/
Kulbytė677/
Khulbay675/
Koulbei675/
Kolbeis672/
Kulbhyy672/
Koulbie671/
Kolbets671/
Kolbeit671/
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Kulbhay671/
Kulbhey671/
Koolber671/
Koolbea671/
Coolboy671/

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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 Kolby
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