Voorby Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Voorby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 184 | 1:294,444 | 28,524 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Voorby Demographics
Average Voorby Salary in
South Africa
R 181,908
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Voorby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Voorby Come From? nationality or country of origin
Voorby is most common in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Voorby? popularity and diffusion
The last name Voorby is the 1,185,157th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Voorby are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 184 people, or 1 in 294,444. In South Africa it is most common in: North West, where 80 percent are found, Gauteng, where 20 percent are found and Western Cape, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 5 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.
Voorby Last Name Statistics demography
Voorby earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.45% less than the national average, earning R 181,908 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voorbuy | 92 | 5 | / |
| Vorbey | 83 | 8 | / |
| Voerby | 83 | 1 | / |
| Boorby | 83 | 0 | / |
| Voorbij | 77 | 336 | / |
| Voorbui | 77 | 15 | / |
| Worby | 73 | 1,110 | / |
| Forby | 73 | 399 | / |
| Vorbe | 73 | 213 | / |
| Vorba | 73 | 110 | / |
| Borby | 73 | 41 | / |
| Vorbi | 73 | 8 | / |
| Varby | 73 | 0 | / |
| Voorhbes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Voorbeis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Borbey | 67 | 518 | / |
| Forbay | 67 | 504 | / |
| Worbey | 67 | 400 | / |
| Borboy | 67 | 383 | / |
| Forbey | 67 | 178 | / |
| Worboy | 67 | 63 | / |
| Fourby | 67 | 53 | / |
| Borbay | 67 | 33 | / |
| Vorbis | 67 | 33 | / |
| Vaarby | 67 | 31 | / |
| Vourbe | 67 | 23 | / |
| Borbyt | 67 | 17 | / |
| Borbhy | 67 | 16 | / |
| Vorbei | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vorbes | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vorbaj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Forbys | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vourba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vorber | 67 | 3 | / |
| Worbay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Worrby | 67 | 2 | / |
| Borbuy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Forboy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bourby | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vorvey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Varbiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Forbiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vorvoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Varbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Worbys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phorby | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whorby | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vorwey | 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
- 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 Voorby
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