Saxby Surname

91,909th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Saxby Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Saxby,' parishes in Lincolnshire (2) and Leicestershire.

1577. Baptised — Robert, son of — Sacksbye: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1661. Buried — Richard Saxbee, a poore old man: ibid.

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Saxby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,5581:21,7823,057
United States1,1851:305,87328,126
Australia8851:30,5044,073
Canada2181:169,01616,995
New Zealand841:53,9098,584
South Africa771:703,60750,359
Wales351:88,4157,250
France331:2,012,810168,616
Scotland311:172,7049,690
Sweden271:364,69525,646
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Qatar61:393,00055,922
India51:153,413,076951,030
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
China31:455,773,85521,925
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Norfolk Island11:2,295315
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4081:17,3122,515
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1981:253,63020,943

Saxby (31) may also be a first name.

Saxby Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Saxby,' parishes in Lincolnshire (2) and Leicestershire.

1577. Baptised — Robert, son of — Sacksbye: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1661. Buried — Richard Saxbee, a poore old man: ibid.

1808. Married — John Saxby and Mary Elkins: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A surname of recent importation from England. Mrs. J. Middle English Saxby (1842-1940), the Shetland authoress, was born Edmondston. There are places of this name in the counties of Lincoln and Leicester.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Scandinavian) belonging to Saxby (Leic., Linc.2 [for the first element see under Sax; and + Old Norse bý-r, farm, estate, settlement] Saxbee was a 17th-cent. form of the name which prob. survives in America.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Parishes in cos. Lincoln and Leicester.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Saxby Last Name Facts

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

Saxby is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Saxby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Saxby is the 91,909th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,400,374 people. Saxby occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Saxby reside; 51 percent reside in Northern Europe and 51 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 31 people.

The surname Saxby is most numerous in England, where it is held by 2,558 people, or 1 in 21,782. In England Saxby is most frequent in: Greater London, where 11 percent reside, Kent, where 11 percent reside and East Sussex, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account England this surname is found in 36 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Australia, where 17 percent reside.

Saxby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Saxby has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Saxby last name grew 182 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 598 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 875 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 620 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Saxby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Saxby surname are 3.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.24% being registered with the political party.

The amount Saxby earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.8% more than the national average, earning R 329,844 per year; in United States they earn 2.62% more than the national average, earning $44,278 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.24% more than the national average, earning $51,292 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shaxby911/
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Saxbey910/
Saxsby910/
Saxbe8028/
Sexby8026/
Jaxby803/
Saxvy802/
Soxby800/
Shasby7383/
Saxbee7341/
Sausby7331/
Saxbie733/
Seasby732/
Sexboy731/
Saxber730/
Sasboy730/
Sheasby671,406/
Shatsby674/
Shasboy670/
Shaksby670/

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