Nestby Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Nestby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nestby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway101:514,22941,629
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Nestby Last Name Facts

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

Nestby occurs most in Norway. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nestby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nestby is the 4,649,889th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Nestby are found; 61 percent are found in Northern Europe and 56 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly used in Norway, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 514,229. In Norway Nestby is mostly concentrated in: Central Norway, where 50 percent live, Northern Norway, where 40 percent live and Eastern Norway, where 10 percent live. Barring Norway this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.

Nestby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Nestby has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name decreased 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Nestby Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Nestby earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 26.59% more than the national average, earning 438,118 kr per year and in United States they earn 78.22% less than the national average, earning $9,396 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Netbay83167/
Neatby8398/
Nettby8316/
Netboy838/
Nietbay7727/
Nettboy774/
Nestbed771/
Nestbit770/
Netbi732/
Netba731/
Nestbitt712/
Neathboy711/
Netbai6784/
Naitby6730/
Nittby673/
Nettbe671/
Neatvy671/
Netbee671/
Nestved6281/
Neitebe621/
Nietbai621/
Nestvedt5723/
Nitba553/
Netve551/
Nesstveit537/
Nitbai506/
Nistva504/
Nujtba501/
Nistve501/
Nethve501/
Nytbai501/

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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 Nestby
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