Oestbye Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Oestbye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oestbye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Oestbye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oestbye is held by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Oestbye.

How Common Is The Last Name Oestbye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Oestbye occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Oestbye live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in Scandinavia.

Oestbye is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,571,143. In Norway it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 100 percent live. Beside Norway this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 20 percent live and Sweden, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ostbye92121/
Oestby923/
Oesstby861/
Ostby831,413/
Estby83188/
Oesteboe804/
Estebe771,238/
Eastby7759/
Estibe7743/
Ostboe7739/
Östbye7736/
Estube7720/
Esteby7711/
Estèbe774/
Osteby772/
Estbuy771/
Estabe771/
Ostbay770/
Ostoby770/
Estb7341/
Ostebee7127/
Oestebo7114/
Estoube714/
Estebay713/
Osetobe713/
Eastbay712/
Estabay712/
Estiboy711/
Estbaya711/
Oesteba711/
Estibay711/
Easteby711/
Esotibe711/
Estabbe711/
Owestbo711/
Estep6717,416/
Estabaya672,052/
Estab671,310/
Esteb67329/
Östby67134/
Estibaya6754/
Ostep6743/
Ostbo6739/
Ustby6735/
Estebaya6732/
Astby6716/
Osteb6711/
Esdbe672/
Estib672/
Estpe672/
Estbu671/
Ostab671/
Estbú671/
Ostbi671/
Estabayo671/
Essatabe671/
Estob671/
Estba671/
Gustbée576/

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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 Oestbye
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