Mortby Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Mortby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mortby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England631:884,41445,970
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354

Mortby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mortby occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mortby click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mortby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mortby is the 2,203,767th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Mortby reside; 86 percent reside in Northern Europe and 86 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 884,414. In England Mortby is most prevalent in: Hertfordshire, where 32 percent live, Greater London, where 19 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account England this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 7 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Mortby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Mortby has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Mortby surname rose 573 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mortbys920/
Mortbey920/
Martby839/
Mertbey7746/
Mertbay7719/
Mortvay771/
Mortbit771/
Martbay771/
Martba671/
Martvoy623/
Murtbai621/
Morthui621/
Mortvedt57377/
Mortveit57126/
Mortvich572/
Mortvedd571/
Martva50130/
Martvi508/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Mortby
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