Rimsby Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Rimsby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rimsby Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden421:234,44716,276
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Rimsby Last Name Facts

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

Rimsby is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rimsby? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,017,195th most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rimsby live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 234,447. In Sweden Rimsby is primarily found in: Stockholm County, where 33 percent live, Östergötland County, where 26 percent live and Skåne County, where 26 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rumsby831,047/
Rämsby834/
Remsby831/
Rumsbey770/
Rinnsbey710/
Rensby6783/
Rønsby679/
Rinsba671/
Rimsuep6229/
Remsber620/
Rennsby620/
Rncby551/
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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 Rimsby
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