Lindby Surname

749,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 383 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Lindby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lindby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark1871:30,1863,128
Sweden1611:61,1604,684
Norway171:302,48730,120
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Lindby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lindby is more commonly found in Denmark than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lindby? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 749,861st most commonly used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 19,027,535 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Lindby reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in Scandinavia.

Lindby is most frequent in Denmark, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 30,186. In Denmark it is mostly concentrated in: Central Denmark Region, where 35 percent reside, North Denmark Region, where 20 percent reside and Region of Southern Denmark, where 18 percent reside. Besides Denmark this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 42 percent reside and Norway, where 4 percent reside.

Lindby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lindby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lindby surname grew 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lindby Last Name Statistics demography

Lindby earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 0.33% less than the national average, earning 344,935 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lindbey921/
Lyndby8338/
Lindbe832/
Lindway77115/
Lindvay7772/
Lindber776/
Lindwey773/
Lindbis773/
Linduay771/
Lindbech7118/
Lindberh711/
Lindbåge711/
Lindwa67174/
Lindva6741/
Lindwe6725/
Lindve6711/
Lindvi671/

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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 Lindby
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