Øby Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Øby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Øby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway891:57,7788,270
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882

The alternate forms: By (9,823) are calculated separately.

Øby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Øby is carried by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: By. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Øby? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,955,159th most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Øby live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly used in Norway, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 57,778. In Norway Øby is mostly found in: Eastern Norway, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Norway Øby is found in one country. It also occurs in Denmark, where 2 percent reside.

Øby Last Name Statistics demography

Øby earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 15.95% less than the national average, earning 290,866 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
By939,823/
Boy6790,441/
Bey6783,348/
Bay6772,985/
Buy673,044/
Biy672,039/
Bhy67857/
Byt67789/
Bys67504/
Byd67179/
Byi67132/
Byy67114/
Åby6790/
Byo6779/
Byh6771/
Æby6756/
Byø6715/
Byp6713/
Hby6711/
Byś677/
Byz675/
Béy673/
Bóy672/
Byš672/
B'Y671/

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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 Øby
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