Sansby Surname

1,133,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 213 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Sansby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sansby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1861:299,55922,824
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
France81:8,302,840321,660
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England381:641,45731,575

Sansby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sansby is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sansby click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sansby? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,133,308th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. The surname Sansby is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Sansby live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in British Isles.

It is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 186 people, or 1 in 299,559. In England it is most frequent in: Cambridgeshire, where 55 percent are found, Lincolnshire, where 15 percent are found and Leicestershire, where 6 percent are found. Not including England it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.

Sansby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sansby has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Sansby last name grew 489 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sansby Last Name Statistics demography

Sansby earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.83% less than the national average, earning $30,708 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shansby9238/
Sansbuy921/
Sansbey920/
Sainsby920/
Jansby8338/
Cansby8311/
Sonsby833/
Sansuay7722/
Cansbey770/
Jansbay770/
Schonsby719/
Sansbeer711/
Sansways710/
Sansui67322/
Sanswa6726/
Sansue6714/
Jonsby6713/
Sanswe674/
Sansvi673/

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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 Sansby
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