Tornby Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Tornby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 45 | 1:125,438 | 11,414 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Törnby (11) are calculated separately.
Tornby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tornby Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tornby occurs in Denmark more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Törnby. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tornby? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,876,555th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Tornby reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
Tornby is most commonly occurring in Denmark, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 125,438. In Denmark Tornby is most numerous in: North Denmark Region, where 56 percent reside, Region of Southern Denmark, where 24 percent reside and Capital Region of Denmark, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Denmark it occurs in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Törnby | 94 | 11 | / |
| Thornby | 92 | 327 | / |
| Thornbuy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Thornbay | 86 | 0 | / |
| Thornbey | 86 | 0 | / |
| Ternby | 83 | 31 | / |
| Turnby | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tornbe | 83 | 0 | / |
| Tormby | 83 | 0 | / |
| Taarnby | 77 | 88 | / |
| Toremby | 77 | 1 | / |
| Torenbi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tornber | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thornbe | 77 | 0 | / |
| Tharnby | 77 | 0 | / |
| Turnbey | 77 | 0 | / |
| Turnboy | 77 | 0 | / |
| Thormby | 77 | 0 | / |
| Thornba | 77 | 0 | / |
| Thornber | 71 | 1,352 | / |
| Tornberh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thornbee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thorembey | 67 | 48 | / |
| Tornue | 67 | 23 | / |
| Thornbech | 67 | 14 | / |
| Tornwe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tormbi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tormba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Turnba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Turnbi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tarnba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tarmby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thornberr | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Tornby
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