Sexby Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Sexby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sexby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:2,422,52489,093
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Sexby Last Name Facts

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

Sexby is found most in England. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sexby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sexby is the 3,882,373rd most common last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name Sexby is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of Sexby live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 2,422,524. In England Sexby is primarily found in: Greater London, where 61 percent are found, Hampshire, where 26 percent are found and Devon, where 4 percent are found. Outside of England Sexby exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 4 percent are found and China, where 4 percent are found.

Sexby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sexby has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Sexby last name declined 12 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Shaxby731/
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Sixboy731/
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Sheasby671,406/
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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 Sexby
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