Wribe Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wribe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wribe 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
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Wribe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wribe occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wribe? popularity and diffusion

Wribe is the 3,957,383rd most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Wribe live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in Scandinavia.

Wribe is most widely held in Sweden, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 428,120. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Skåne County, where 30 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 22 percent live and Halland County, where 17 percent live. Apart from Sweden this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Wribe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wribe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wribe last name contracted 89 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
Wriebe915/
Wreiber838/
Bribe80125/
Vribe8019/
Wrebe804/
Wrube801/
Wriba801/
Vreibe7344/
Vribes7316/
Wrisby7312/
Wreber736/
Vraibe735/
Braibe734/
Wribai732/
Wrubey731/
Vreibes670/
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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 Wribe
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