Newboy Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Newboy Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Newby,' a township in the union of Ripon, Yorks; also a township in the parish of Clapham, near Settle, Yorks; also a hamlet in the parish of Harewood, near Leeds, Yorkshire Also other small places.

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Newboy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria681:2,605,04184,856
Liberia251:176,34112,123
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Newboy (181) may also be a first name.

Newboy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Newby,' a township in the union of Ripon, Yorks; also a township in the parish of Clapham, near Settle, Yorks; also a hamlet in the parish of Harewood, near Leeds, Yorkshire Also other small places.

Nicholas de Neuby, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert de Neuby, Yorkshire, ibid.

William de Neuby, Cumberland, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Galfridus de Nuby, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Radulphus de Neuby, 1379: ibid.

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

NEWBIE: James Newbie, tailor in Edinburgh, 1676 (Edinb. Marr.) may have derived his surname from Newby near Peebles, Peeblesshire.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

"The new habitation." Five or six places in Yorkshire, and others in Cumberland and Westmoreland, are so called.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Newby is the name of a Lancashire village.

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

Newboy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Newboy is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Newboy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,871,545th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname Newboy is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Newboy are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Newboy is also the 677,199th most prevalent first name globally, held by 181 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 2,605,041. In Nigeria Newboy is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 97 percent are found and Ogun, where 1 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 26 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.

Newboy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Newboy has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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