Rörby Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Rörby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rörby Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden281:351,67024,678
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

The alternate forms: Rorby (6) are calculated separately.

Rörby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rörby has its highest incidence in Sweden. It can occur in the variant forms: Rorby. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rörby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rörby is the 3,602,217th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Rörby are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname Rörby is most widely held in Sweden, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 351,670. In Sweden Rörby is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 36 percent reside, Östergötland County, where 32 percent reside and Jönköping County, where 11 percent reside. Besides Sweden it exists in one country. It is also found in Denmark, where 7 percent reside.

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
Rorby936/
Rarby800/
Rerby800/
Rhorby739/
Rerbey730/
Rarbi60283/
Rerbi603/
Rorbi601/
Rharbi551,461/
Rherbi55175/
Rarbie553/
Rarrbi552/
Rarwey551/
Rerbai551/
R'Arbi551/
Rervey550/
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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 Rörby
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