Standby Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Standby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Standby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Standby (17) may also be a first name.

Standby Last Name Facts

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

Standby occurs in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Standby? popularity and diffusion

The surname Standby is the 4,908,606th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Standby is primarily found in Asia, where 50 percent of Standby reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 17 people.

The last name is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 3,686,778. In Malaysia Standby is most frequent in: Selangor, where 75 percent are found and Sarawak, where 25 percent are found. Without taking into account Malaysia Standby is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 44 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Standbye931/
Standop71100/
Standup7149/
Standbaugh711/
Stantob711/
Stoean-Dabu6728/
Sthandwa676/
Sotondbe671/
Standopp671/
Standhop670/
Standhap670/
Standwich638/
Standhouer591/

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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 Standby
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