Lyb Surname

702,422nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 419 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Lyb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lyb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine2811:162,00222,421
Cambodia1101:140,7922,693
Poland171:2,235,809104,965
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Libya11:6,243,9746,186

Lyb (102) may also be a first name.

Lyb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lyb (Russian: Лыб) is most common in Ukraine. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lyb click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lyb? popularity and diffusion

Lyb is the 702,422nd most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 17,392,711 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Lyb reside; 71 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 67 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. Lyb is also the 935,178th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 102 people.

The last name Lyb is most prevalent in Ukraine, where it is held by 281 people, or 1 in 162,002. In Ukraine Lyb is most frequent in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 28 percent reside, Zakarpattia Oblast, where 27 percent reside and Kirovohrad Oblast, where 13 percent reside. Not including Ukraine Lyb occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 26 percent reside and Poland, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leyb8697/
Hlyb8660/
Layb8610/
Lyob863/
Loyb861/
Lloyb752/
Lyhbs751/
Lib672,542/
Leb671,569/
Lyp67182/
Léb6749/
Lybova6737/
Lybæch678/
Ljb677/
Leybch674/
Lybowa671/

Lyb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lyb in the Russian language
Лыбlyb-

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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 Lyb
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