Rainsby Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Rainsby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rainsby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:3,979,861125,553
United States71:51,779,848968,877
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Rainsby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rainsby is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Rainsby.

How Common Is The Last Name Rainsby? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 68 percent of Rainsby live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in British Isles.

It is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,979,861. In England Rainsby is most prevalent in: Essex, where 50 percent reside, Greater London, where 36 percent reside and Leicestershire, where 7 percent reside. Other than England it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 32 percent reside and France, where 5 percent reside.

Rainsby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rainsby has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rainsby surname rose 117 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ransby92491/
Reinsby8615/
Ransbey867/
Ramsby77357/
Ransbe770/
Ramsbey7143/
Ransve6220/
Ransvi625/
Ransui622/
Rheinsbeuh590/
Reinsve5710/
Ransved573/
Ransuer572/
Ranjvis571/
Ramswey571/
Ramsbee571/
Ranchber538/
Reinsuer531/
Ranschue531/

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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 Rainsby
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