Whidby Surname

381,790th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 933 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Whidby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whidby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9251:391,84734,400
England71:7,959,723202,100
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1291:389,29229,048

Whidby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whidby is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Whidby.

How Common Is The Last Name Whidby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Whidby is the 381,790th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,810,875 people. The surname Whidby occurs mostly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Whidby reside; 84 percent reside in North America and 84 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 925 people, or 1 in 391,847. In The United States Whidby is primarily concentrated in: Georgia, where 43 percent live, Maryland, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Besides The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Spain, where 0 percent live.

Whidby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whidby has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 717 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whidby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Whidby are 29.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 76.59% being registered with the political party.

Whidby earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.15% more than the national average, earning $44,076 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whidbey9211/
Widby91215/
Weidby8313/
Whidbe831/
Whedby831/
Whidbee77700/
Whidber771/
Whidbie770/
Whedbey770/
Wedby733/
Vidby733/
Whidbeee710/
Whidbess710/
Widvey6795/
Whedbe675/
Bidboy671/
Widbee671/

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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 Whidby
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