Wadby Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wadby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wadby 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
England171:3,277,533109,658
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Wadby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wadby occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wadby click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wadby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wadby is the 4,532,898th most widespread family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Wadby is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Wadby live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 89 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 3,277,533. In England it is most numerous in: West Yorkshire, where 100 percent live. Apart from England this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Wadby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wadby has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Wadby surname grew 283 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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
Waudby911,473/
Badby80137/
Wadba8028/
Vadby805/
Wodby804/
Wedby803/
Woodby731,410/
Badboy7376/
Weidby7313/
Badbay7311/
Badbuy731/
Whedby731/
Woudby731/
Woodbey6716/
Woodboy671/
Waidbee671/
Whedbey670/
Woodbuy670/
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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 Wadby
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