Stöby Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Stöby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Stöby 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
Austria481:177,40522,887
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Stoby (435) are calculated separately.

Stöby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stöby occurs in Austria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Stoby. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stöby? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,483,783rd most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Stöby live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Austria, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 177,405. In Austria it is mostly found in: Carinthia, where 50 percent live, Vorarlberg, where 38 percent live and Upper Austria, where 13 percent live. Beside Austria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 18 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 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
Stoby93435/
Stöbe80729/
Staby80122/
Steby8025/
Stöbi8010/
Steeby73511/
Østeby7382/
Steuby7361/
Stabay7349/
Staaby7345/
Stabey7329/
Stoboy7328/
Stöbis7326/
Stebay7314/
Stabiy736/
Steboy732/
Stabhy731/
Stobey730/
Stöbich67516/
Shtaboy671/
Steebey671/
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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 Stöby
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