Kaaby

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Kaaby is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Iraq than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NONorway1 in 59K(measured from records)
  • IQIraq≈1 in 292K
  • SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 398K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Iraq (inferred from the name graph)

≈130 people, est.

Sources
12 (measured from records)

Reference-verified

1 in 59K (inferred from the name graph)

Norway

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kaaby counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kaaby is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IQ Iraq≈130 est.≈1 in 292K—Kaaby5
NO Norway921 in 59K92Kaaby12
SA Saudi Arabia≈86 est.≈1 in 398K—Kaaby9
SE Sweden41 in 2.6M4—2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kaaby is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Australia, Norway, United States, Germany

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Ka'Aby

12 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Kaaby
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—92#16,402
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—4#58,858

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Kaaby have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 133 people named Kaaby in Iraq, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kaaby.
Where is Kaaby most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kaaby is densest in Norway — about 1 in 59 thousand people — even though Iraq holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Kaaby?
In Norway, the national register counted 92 people named Kaaby, about 1 in 59 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kaaby”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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