Øverbye Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Øverbye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Øverbye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1101:46,7486,702

The alternate forms: Verbye (3) are calculated separately.

Øverbye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Øverbye is held by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Verbye. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Øverbye? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,746,159th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Øverbye live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most numerous in Norway, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 46,748. In Norway Øverbye is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 95 percent live, Western Norway, where 3 percent live and Southern Norway, where 2 percent live.

Øverbye Last Name Statistics demography

Øverbye earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 1.43% less than the national average, earning 341,134 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Verbye973/
Verbyets806/
Verbay7792/
Verbey7741/
Verbee7724/
Verbie778/
Verbei776/
Verboy776/
Verbea771/
Verbeij71172/
Verboys7164/
Verbooy7157/
Verbuyt7126/
Verbays7121/
Verbier7120/
Verbuys7110/
Verbeja711/
Berbiye711/
Verbehe710/
Verboyt710/
Verbiest673,551/
Verbuyst67280/
Verbeyst67182/
Verbayst6724/
Verbouyj6710/
Verbugge678/
Verbiets676/
Veerboyi673/
Verbeyus673/
Verbeios671/
Verbeist671/

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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 Øverbye
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