Smedeby Surname

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

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Smedeby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Smedeby Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden301:328,22522,987
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Smedeby Last Name Facts

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

Smedeby is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Smedeby.

How Common Is The Last Name Smedeby? popularity and diffusion

Smedeby is the 3,373,373rd most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Smedeby reside; 88 percent reside in Northern Europe and 88 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Smedeby is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 328,225. In Sweden Smedeby is most frequent in: Södermanland County, where 30 percent live, Stockholm County, where 23 percent live and Västmanland County, where 23 percent live. Beside Sweden this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent live and Belgium, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smedby9232/
Smideby866/
Smedebo864/
Smedbo778/
Smidebo711/
Smedabbi671/
Smdp551/
Siamatebo5027/
Siamudaba5020/
Smitb505/
Siamutebe504/
Smdip501/
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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 Smedeby
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