Westby is used as a family name or surname in Norway. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Westby
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Norway
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Westby

How popular is Westby?

Westby is common in Norway.

Westby is ranked 77527 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Westby bearers increased by 3.112245 per cent in 2010 US census to 2021 since 2000, the surname slipped by 615 spots and ranked at 14706. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.02 86.94
Black 8.36 6.48
Hispanic or Latino 4.9 2.91
Others 1.39 2.86
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.84 0.56
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0.26
Westby is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Belize is ahead in terms of density. Around 5702 people have been found who wears Westby as their family name. Westby is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
103,759 Spain8
14,078 Japan3
20,595 China2
219,873 France2
21,529 Singapore2
174,544 Czech Republic1
172,258 Germany1
7,941 Guatemala1
304 Guinea-Bissau1
5,553 Taiwan1
81,201 Switzerland1
1,542 Andorra1
153,416 Italy1
7,314 Bolivia1
56,169 Mexico1
2,935 Madagascar1
49,101 Denmark1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
55,986 Australia33
9,692 Ireland27
14,963 Scotland26
Countries with hundreds of Westby:
48 Belize784
12,579 England479
15,222 Canada245
6,208 Sweden152
Countries with thousands of Westby:
12,766 United States2,738
379 Norway1,180
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Westby Namesakes

  • Benedicte Westbye, Actress
  • Benedicte Westbye, Actress
  • Marthe Westby, Film director
  • Selmer Westby, Author
  • James Westby, Screenwriter
  • Geir Westby, Actor
  • Jim Westby, Ice hockey defenseman
  • Chris Westby, Musical artist
  • Tom Westby, Actor
  • Nelson Westby, Olympic athlete
  • Ethan Westby, from 2014 horror movie The Suicide Pact, who played the Ethan.

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