Rorbye Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Rorbye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rorbye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
England111:5,065,278148,650
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rorbye Last Name Facts

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

Rorbye is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Rorbye.

How Common Is The Last Name Rorbye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,185,033rd most widely held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Rorbye live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 908,132. In Zimbabwe Rorbye is most common in: Harare Province, where 47 percent are found, Mashonaland Central Province, where 41 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 29 percent are found and South Africa, where 18 percent are found.

Rorbye Last Name Statistics demography

Rorbye earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.37% less than the national average, earning R 60,900 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rorby916/
Rørbye8362/
Rhorby839/
Rorb805/
Rorobae7711/
Roroibe771/
Rorabie771/
Rorbeit771/
Rørby7364/
Rörby7330/
Rirby733/
Rurby731/
Rorab731/
Rorba731/
Rorbi731/
Rarby730/
Rerby730/
Rhouryeb71137/
Rhouraby712/
Rhughoorbye711/
Roirabue711/
Roriyeba711/
Rorebouy710/
Rirabe67386/
Rhorab67240/
Rhorba67139/
Rorobi67102/
Rorepa6727/
Roorob6719/
Rorbah6712/
Rerebe676/
Rorobo675/
Rarbie673/
Rorope673/
Rarabe672/
Rorvie672/
Roeurb672/
Raribe672/
Ruribe672/
Roorub671/
Raryeb671/
Rurabe671/
Roreba671/
Roroba671/
Rourba671/
Rourbi671/
Rourab671/
Rourob671/
Roarba670/
Rerbey670/
Rorbaha624/
Rharbaje579/
Rohrbauch535/
Rohrbouth531/
Rarbou501/
Rarvej501/

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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 Rorbye
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