Walbye Surname

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

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Walbye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walbye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway331:155,82719,235
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Walbye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Walbye is most common in Norway. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walbye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,333,370th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname Walbye is mostly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Walbye reside; 51 percent reside in Northern Europe and 51 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Norway, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 155,827. In Norway Walbye is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 67 percent live, Central Norway, where 30 percent live and Northern Norway, where 3 percent live. Besides Norway this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 49 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Walbye Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Walbye last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Walbye earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 21.01% less than the national average, earning 273,368 kr per year and in United States they earn 31.13% more than the national average, earning $56,581 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walbey8373/
Valbye834/
Walbay831/
Walbie831/
Weilbye7733/
Hvalbye7731/
Walbiya773/
Wealbey771/
Wallbey770/
Bealbaye71481/
Balbayeh713/
Woulbaye711/
Wolbeyes711/
Balbay671,750/
Balbey67331/
Walbai6776/
Walboi6718/
Valboy6717/
Weaselboy6716/
Balboy676/
Balbej675/
Balbie674/
Valbej672/
Valbay672/
Balbea672/
Valbey671/
Wolbee671/
Wolbie671/
Walvie671/
Valbie670/
Balbei670/
Wolbey670/

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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 Walbye
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