Lockby Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Lockby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lockby Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Lockby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lockby has its highest incidence in Sweden. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lockby? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,427,875th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Lockby live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in Scandinavia.

Lockby is most numerous in Sweden, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 547,042. In Sweden Lockby is primarily found in: Jönköping County, where 39 percent reside, Skåne County, where 22 percent reside and Kronoberg County, where 17 percent reside. Not including Sweden this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Lockby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lockby has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lockby last name decreased 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lockbey920/
Lokby916/
Leckby830/
Luckby830/
Loukbay771/
Luckboy771/
Lockbee771/
Lokba73103/
Lokbe7334/
Lokbi737/
Lekby735/
Lacby731/
Locvy730/
Lacbay67880/
Lokboj6798/
Lakbay6757/
Lackba6714/
Lacbey673/
Lokber673/
Lokbee672/
Loukbi671/
Lackbe671/
Locbie671/
Locber670/
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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 Lockby
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