Maltby Surname

67,355th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,390 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Maltby Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Maltby,' parishes in the the Dioceses of York and Lincoln.

William de Malteby, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter de Malteby, Norfolk, ibid.

Robert de Malteby, Norfolk, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp.

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Maltby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,2431:17,1812,479
United States2,4281:149,28315,376
Canada7751:47,5435,792
Australia5241:51,5196,372
Scotland1011:53,0084,503
South Africa771:703,60750,359
New Zealand761:59,5839,301
Denmark291:194,64516,083
Wales291:106,7088,358
Argentina141:3,053,101127,728
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Norway101:514,22941,629
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Jersey51:19,8403,614
France41:16,605,680368,153
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,7101:14,2552,132
Wales81:196,0527,186
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6751:74,3987,956

Maltby Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Maltby,' parishes in the the Dioceses of York and Lincoln.

William de Malteby, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter de Malteby, Norfolk, ibid.

Robert de Malteby, Norfolk, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Willelmus de Maltby, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Isabella de Maltby, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1706. Married — William Maltby and Mary Westly: St. Mary Aldermary (London).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Scandinavian) belonging to Maltby = a Malt- House [Scandinavian malt + by]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Parishes and places in cos. York and Lincoln.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.

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

There was a Maltby, a freeholder of Newton, in 1698 (Harl.); in Derbyshire and Lincolnshire the surname also occurs, and in the last county, and also in Yorkshire, Maltby is the name of parishes and townships.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Maltby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maltby is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Maltby? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 67,355th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 986,136 people. The last name Maltby is primarily found in Europe, where 47 percent of Maltby live; 46 percent live in Northern Europe and 46 percent live in British Isles.

Maltby is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 3,243 people, or 1 in 17,181. In England it is most frequent in: Nottinghamshire, where 12 percent live, Lincolnshire, where 11 percent live and Greater London, where 7 percent live. Excluding England it is found in 43 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.

Maltby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Maltby has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Maltby last name expanded 190 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 360 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 3,367 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 363 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 62 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Maltby Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Maltby surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Maltby surname are 16.21% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.98% registered with the party.

The amount Maltby earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 128.04% more than the national average, earning 789,215 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 11.99% less than the national average, earning R 209,148 per year; in United States they earn 10.18% more than the national average, earning $47,540 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.36% more than the national average, earning $52,844 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maultby92128/
Maltbey9278/
Maultbay8640/
Maltba83268/
Maltbi831/
Maltbe831/
Moltby830/
Maltbie77687/
Maltbea770/
Maltbee770/
Malttbie711/
Moltba670/
Maltvie620/
Maltempi571,281/
Maltempe5745/
Malthues571/
Maltenpi571/
Malthouhi534/

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