Ockerby Surname

935,326th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 281 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Ockerby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ockerby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1461:184,90218,557
England1171:476,22330,919
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Wales41:773,63329,106
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England411:594,52130,269
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Ockerby Last Name Facts

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

Ockerby is most common in Australia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ockerby? popularity and diffusion

It is the 935,326th most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. The surname Ockerby is mostly found in Oceania, where 52 percent of Ockerby are found; 52 percent are found in Australasia and 52 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Ockerby is most frequently used in Australia, where it is borne by 146 people, or 1 in 184,902. In Australia it is most common in: New South Wales, where 48 percent live, Victoria, where 15 percent live and Tasmania, where 14 percent live. Beside Australia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 42 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Ockerby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ockerby has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Ockerby surname rose 285 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okerby921/
Eckerby8612/
Ackerby865/
Ocerbey861/
Huckerby80849/
Ekerby7731/
Acerby771/
Huckerbys751/
Huckerbey751/
Akerbay7111/
Okkirby711/
Acherby711/
Hucherby671/

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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
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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 Ockerby
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