Nekby Surname

464,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 726 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Nekby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nekby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United Arab Emirates7181:12,7611,582
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Nekby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nekby is held by more people in The United Arab Emirates than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nekby? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nekby is the 464,191st most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 10,037,942 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Nekby live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

This surname is most prevalent in The United Arab Emirates, where it is borne by 718 people, or 1 in 12,761. In The United Arab Emirates Nekby is most prevalent in: Sharjah, where 42 percent live, Ras al-Khaimah, where 35 percent live and Fujairah, where 13 percent live. Beside The United Arab Emirates Nekby is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 1 percent live and Russia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nekboy916/
Nikbay73708/
Nikbey73103/
Nakbay7357/
Nackby735/
Nekhbe731/
Nekbai731/
Nokbi601,251/
Nakbi60670/
Nekvi60118/
Necba604/
Nakbe603/
Nikbe602/
Nikba601/
Nikbeh5514/
Nakhbi555/
Nikbie552/
Nakbai551/
Nikbai551/
Nyokbe551/
Naikba551/
Nokbii551/
Nykberh504/
Naikebi502/
Necbeth501/
Nikbest501/
Nakhbaj501/
Nakbhai501/

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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 Nekby
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