Sameby Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Sameby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sameby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sameby Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sameby is most common in Sweden. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sameby.
How Common Is The Last Name Sameby? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,649,889th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Sameby are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 94 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname Sameby is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 579,221. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Västra Götaland County, where 71 percent live, Västerbotten County, where 24 percent live and Skåne County, where 6 percent live. Other than Sweden Sameby exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samebytt | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sameba | 83 | 8 | / |
| Samebe | 83 | 7 | / |
| Someby | 83 | 0 | / |
| Sameway | 77 | 29 | / |
| Samiboy | 77 | 26 | / |
| Siameba | 77 | 4 | / |
| Someboy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Somebay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shameba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sameeba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sammyboy | 71 | 24 | / |
| Jamesboy | 71 | 15 | / |
| Siameeba | 71 | 6 | / |
| Samajuey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jamesbey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sameebai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samabi | 67 | 879 | / |
| Samabe | 67 | 94 | / |
| Samewa | 67 | 41 | / |
| Samyva | 67 | 6 | / |
| Someba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Samiba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Samobi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zamebe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Samibi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Samevi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Samobe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Semebe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samiwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shamieyva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Comeby | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sameby
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis