Ridby Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Ridby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ridby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Ridby Last Name Facts

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

Ridby is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ridby? popularity and diffusion

Ridby is the 6,063,924th most common surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Ridby reside; 60 percent reside in Northern Europe and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in Sweden, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,461,689. In Sweden Ridby is most prevalent in: Stockholm County, where 75 percent are found and Södermanland County, where 25 percent are found. Outside of Sweden this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent are found and England, where 20 percent are found.

Ridby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ridby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ridby last name expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reidbey838/
Reideby837/
Rudby8027/
Rydby807/
Redby802/
Ridbe801/
Ridway7330/
Redboy7323/
Ridwey731/
Reidway6724/
Redbuoy671/
Riedway670/

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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 Ridby
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