Urbye Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Urbye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urbye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway541:95,22813,033
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
England41:13,929,515290,718
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Urbye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Urbye occurs in Norway more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Urbye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,333,370th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Urbye live; 87 percent live in Northern Europe and 81 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Urbye is most frequently used in Norway, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 95,228. In Norway it is most numerous in: Eastern Norway, where 83 percent are found and Western Norway, where 17 percent are found. Besides Norway this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 9 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

Urbye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Urbye has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Urbye last name rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Urbye Last Name Statistics demography

Urbye earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Norway they earn 68% more than the national average, earning 581,425 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gurbye911/
Urbay801,620/
Urbea8059/
Urbie8039/
Urbey8017/
Urbae802/
Urbee802/
Urboy802/
Urbej801/
Urbayo73161/
Gurbey7318/
Horbye7314/
Orbaye7310/
Gurbay736/
Hurbea736/
Hurbay734/
Urbaya732/
Urbays732/
Aurbey732/
Urbiet731/
Ourbay731/
Hurbey731/
Gurboy731/
Urbiea731/
Gurbee730/
Gourboy6744/
Haurboe678/
Orbeyie675/
Gurbiej674/
Gurbhej673/
Urbieth672/
Hourboy672/
Gurbayi672/
Hurbier671/
Gourbey670/

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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 Urbye
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