Skovby Surname
Approximately 647 people bear this surname
Skovby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 629 | 1:8,974 | 827 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Skovby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Skovby Come From? nationality or country of origin
Skovby occurs more in Denmark more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Skovby? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 506,723rd most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 11,263,595 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Skovby reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name Skovby is most frequently held in Denmark, where it is carried by 629 people, or 1 in 8,974. In Denmark Skovby is most numerous in: Central Denmark Region, where 27 percent are found, Region Zealand, where 25 percent are found and Region of Southern Denmark, where 23 percent are found. Outside of Denmark Skovby occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.
Skovby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Skovby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Skovby last name fell 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
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- 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 Skovby
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