Rudby Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Denmark

Rudby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rudby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Rudby (77) may also be a first name.

Rudby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rudby is most common in Sweden. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rudby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rudby is the 3,798,600th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rudby live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,100,117th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 77 people.

The surname Rudby is most frequent in Sweden, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 703,340. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Värmland County, where 57 percent are found, Jönköping County, where 29 percent are found and Jämtland County, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Sweden this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 37 percent are found and Norway, where 7 percent are found.

Rudby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rudby has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rudby Last Name Statistics demography

Rudby earn more than double the average income. In Norway they earn 348.68% more than the national average, earning 1,552,780 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rodby80116/
Ridby8010/
Rudba802/
Rodbey734/
Rodbay732/
Rudber731/
Roedby731/
Rudbech6744/
Rudbaha673/
Roodbay671/
Roudbeh671/
Roudbai671/
Rudberh671/
Roudway670/

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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 Rudby
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