Lumby Surname

258,381st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,523 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Denmark

Lumby Surname Definition:

(Scandinavian) belonging to Lumby (Yorks), 10th cent. Lundby [v. under Lund, and + Old Norse bý-r, a farmstead, village]

Lumby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5181:107,56411,215
United States3281:1,105,05879,932
Australia2421:111,55212,427
Nicaragua1171:51,4621,441
Denmark1171:48,2454,995
Canada631:584,85148,473
Wales461:67,2725,910
South Africa371:1,464,26276,407
Scotland241:223,07611,507
Honduras51:1,763,2885,823
Panama51:782,45211,059
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4071:59,8907,018
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:896,76254,350

Lumby Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scandinavian) belonging to Lumby (Yorks), 10th cent. Lundby [v. under Lund, and + Old Norse bý-r, a farmstead, village]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Lumby Last Name Facts

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

Lumby is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lumby? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 258,381st most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,784,994 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 47 percent of Lumby live; 46 percent live in Northern Europe and 39 percent live in British Isles.

Lumby is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 518 people, or 1 in 107,564. In England Lumby is most numerous in: North Yorkshire, where 12 percent live, West Yorkshire, where 11 percent live and West Midlands, where 7 percent live. Not including England this surname occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent live and Australia, where 16 percent live.

Lumby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lumby has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Lumby surname rose 127 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 586 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lumby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lumby surname are 12.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.9% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Lumby earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 176.18% more than the national average, earning R 656,304 per year; in United States they earn 13.43% more than the national average, earning $48,945 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.23% more than the national average, earning $68,180 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lumbay913,167/
Lumboy911,323/
Lumbys916/
Lumbey913/
Loumby912/
Lumbuy911/
Lumbiy911/
Luimby910/
Lumbaya83427/
Loumboy8327/
Lummboy832/
Lumbytė831/
Lumbahy831/
Lgumbay831/
Loumbay831/
Lumba8017,458/
Lumbi8010,094/
Lumbe806,116/
Limby80102/
Lomby8027/
Lunby8013/
Lumbí802/
Lomboy739,209/
Liumba731,949/
Luimbi731,790/
Limboy731,413/
Lumbis73987/
Luembe73756/
Loumbi73692/
Loumba73564/
Lumbaa73544/
Lumbes73443/
Lumber73281/
Luimba73236/
Loumbe73145/
Lyumba73131/
Laumba73127/
Limbay73122/
Lombay73101/
Lumbai7390/
Lumbiz7341/
Luembi7334/
Lumbit7331/
Limbey7319/
Lumbeh7319/
Lumbih7315/
Lumbei7314/
Lombiy738/
Lumbie736/
Lumboa736/
Hlumba736/
Leumba735/
Leumbe735/
Lumbić735/
Liumbe735/
Lunbay735/
Laumbe735/
Lumbha734/
Lumbui732/
Lombey732/
Lumbio732/
Luumbe732/
Lumuay732/
Lumbet732/
Lumbii731/
Luymba731/
Lyumbi731/
Luimbe731/
Lombuy731/
Llumbe731/
Lumbee731/
Lumbed731/
Limbiy731/
Hlumbi731/
Lusimbi67229/
Lusembe67208/
Lutembe6781/
Limbuoy6769/
Llumbet6728/
Loumboi6721/
Loumbie6720/
Loumbet676/
Launbey674/
Loumber674/
Loumbai673/
Lumbhai672/
Hloumba671/
Lutimbe671/
Lumbeth671/
Lutembi671/
Loumbis671/
Laumber671/
Lounbay671/
Loumbeh671/
Lounboy671/
Luisnby670/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lumby
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