Lunby Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Lunby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lunby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Lunby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lunby is most common in England. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lunby? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Lunby are found; 69 percent are found in Northern Europe and 69 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname Lunby is most numerous in England, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 6,190,895. In England Lunby is most common in: Greater Manchester, where 78 percent are found, Cheshire, where 11 percent are found and Merseyside, where 11 percent are found. Other than England it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 31 percent are found.

Lunby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lunby has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname fell 10 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lunbay915/
Launbey834/
Lounboy831/
Lounbay831/
Luisnby830/
Lumby801,523/
Lunba8062/
Lunbi8048/
Lunbe805/
Lunwy801/
Lonby800/
Lumbay733,167/
Lumboy731,323/
Lonbay738/
Lonboy736/
Lumbys736/
Lumbey733/
Launbe733/
Lunnbj732/
Loumby732/
Lunbis731/
Lumbiy731/
Lounba731/
Lounbi731/
Lumbuy731/
Lonbey730/
Luimby730/
Lunber730/
Lonbuy730/
Lumbaya67427/
Loumboy6727/
Lummboy672/
Loumbay671/
Lgumbay671/
Lumbytė671/
Lumbahy671/
Lounbei671/
Luinber670/

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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 Lunby
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