Quemby Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Quemby Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Quenby,' a hamlet in the parish of Hungerton, Leicestershire.
Ralph de Quenebi. Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
1791. Married —William Beech and Jane Quenby: St.
Read More About This SurnameQuemby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 88 | 1:633,160 | 37,224 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 43 | 1:566,869 | 29,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Quemby Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Quenby,' a hamlet in the parish of Hungerton, Leicestershire.
Ralph de Quenebi. Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
1791. Married —William Beech and Jane Quenby: St. George, Hanover Square.
(Scandinavian) belonging to Quenby (Leic.), 13th cent. Quenebi=the Woman’s or Women’s Estate [Old Norse kuán, a woman, wife; or Old Norse kuenna, genit. pl. of kona, a woman, wife + bý-r, farm, estate]
Quemby Demographics
Average Quemby Salary in
England
£23,942
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Quemby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Quemby Come From? nationality or country of origin
Quemby occurs most in England. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Quemby? popularity and diffusion
The surname Quemby is the 1,558,593rd most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Quemby live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in British Isles.
This last name is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 633,160. In England it is most prevalent in: Leicestershire, where 30 percent live, Gloucestershire, where 22 percent live and West Midlands, where 14 percent live. Aside from England this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 25 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.
Quemby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Quemby has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Quemby last name expanded 205 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Quemby Last Name Statistics demography
Quemby earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 3.94% more than the national average, earning $51,642 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quembay | 92 | 1 | / |
| Qumby | 91 | 5 | / |
| Quimby | 83 | 6,737 | / |
| Quemba | 83 | 2,130 | / |
| Quenby | 83 | 255 | / |
| Quamby | 83 | 11 | / |
| Guemby | 83 | 10 | / |
| Qumbay | 83 | 8 | / |
| Quembe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Qusmby | 83 | 1 | / |
| Qumbey | 83 | 0 | / |
| Quomby | 83 | 0 | / |
| Quimbay | 77 | 1,560 | / |
| Quimboy | 77 | 75 | / |
| Quimbey | 77 | 23 | / |
| Quembez | 77 | 1 | / |
| Queenby | 77 | 1 | / |
| Quinmby | 77 | 1 | / |
| Quambey | 77 | 0 | / |
| Quimmby | 77 | 0 | / |
| Quenbey | 77 | 0 | / |
| Qumbi | 73 | 199 | / |
| Kemby | 73 | 102 | / |
| Qumbe | 73 | 21 | / |
| Qembi | 73 | 12 | / |
| Qamby | 73 | 3 | / |
| Cemby | 73 | 0 | / |
| Qunby | 73 | 0 | / |
| Qimby | 73 | 0 | / |
| Quaimbay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Quinby | 67 | 1,323 | / |
| Guembe | 67 | 1,048 | / |
| Kuemba | 67 | 161 | / |
| Kuembe | 67 | 145 | / |
| Kembay | 67 | 80 | / |
| Qumber | 67 | 68 | / |
| Guimby | 67 | 55 | / |
| Kuembi | 67 | 49 | / |
| Quenba | 67 | 23 | / |
| Cembey | 67 | 16 | / |
| Kemboy | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kembey | 67 | 12 | / |
| Quemue | 67 | 10 | / |
| Guembi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Quambe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nqumbe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Qwimby | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cuemba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kembuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qwenby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chemby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gqumba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quchenbey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Qunnby | 67 | 0 | / |
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