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 occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Rimsby.

How Common Is The Last Name Rimsby? popularity and diffusion

Rimsby is the 3,017,195th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Rimsby occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rimsby reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Rimsby is most widespread in Sweden, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 234,447. In Sweden Rimsby is most prevalent in: Stockholm County, where 33 percent are found, Östergötland County, where 26 percent are found and Skåne County, where 26 percent are found.

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
  • 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 Rimsby
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