Lorby Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Lorby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lorby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Lorby (35) may also be a first name.

Lorby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lorby is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lorby? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Lorby is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Lorby live; 25 percent live in Southern Africa and 25 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lorby is also the 1,744,716th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 35 people.

The last name Lorby is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 8,153,717. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: National Capital District, where 100 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Peru, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 25 percent live.

Lorby Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Lorby surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lorbey910/
Larby80831/
Lorbi80184/
Lorbe8093/
Lerby8059/
Lorvy8025/
Lorba804/
Lurby801/
Lärby801/
Lorwy800/
Lorber735,242/
Lorbes731,049/
Larbey73617/
Lorbis73267/
Lerbey73109/
Lorway73101/
Lourbe7322/
Lorbee738/
Lorwey737/
Lurbey733/
Laarby733/
Lourba732/
Lorvay732/
Lorbet732/
Lurbuy731/
L'Arby731/
Larbay731/
Lorbie731/
Lorbio731/
Lorbid731/
Leerby730/
Lorbeer671,448/
Lourbet6751/
Lohrber6736/
Lorbois6733/
Lorbitz6714/
Lorbeeh675/
Lorberh672/
Leerbay671/
Lourbes671/
Lorbett671/
Larbouy670/
Lorbech670/

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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 Lorby
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