Norreby Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Norreby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Norreby Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882

Norreby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Norreby is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Norreby click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Norreby? popularity and diffusion

The surname Norreby is the 6,360,413th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Norreby live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Norreby is most widely held in Sweden, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,406,680. In Sweden Norreby is primarily concentrated in: Skåne County, where 86 percent live and Stockholm County, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Sweden this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Denmark, where 22 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noreby9214/
Noreaby865/
Näreby7716/
Noroby771/
Noreba771/
Norieba712/
Noreeba712/
Narebhy711/
Norzeba711/
Nerebey710/
Norrevid675/
Narribay671/
Ngarrebe671/
Norevych671/
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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 Norreby
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