Afseth Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Afseth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afseth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States781:4,646,909242,363
Norway651:79,11211,031
Canada591:624,50251,218
England21:27,859,030389,889
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
France11:66,422,722504,397

Afseth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afseth is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afseth? popularity and diffusion

The last name Afseth is the 1,155,901st most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Afseth are found; 66 percent are found in North America and 66 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Afseth is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 4,646,909. In The United States Afseth is primarily found in: Texas, where 35 percent are found, Minnesota, where 23 percent are found and North Dakota, where 10 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 31 percent are found and Canada, where 29 percent are found.

Afseth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Afseth last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Afseth earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 15.56% less than the national average, earning 292,236 kr per year; in United States they earn 21.01% more than the national average, earning $52,216 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.28% less than the national average, earning $49,048 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gafseth925/
Hafseth923/
Afset918/
Avseth8336/
Hafset831/
Hofseth77614/
Hafsett7721/
Afshest771/
Havseth771/
Hawseth770/
Afsit73116/
Avset7366/
Ofset7351/
Abset732/
Hoffseth7119/
Hofset67151/
Abzeth6736/
Abseit6722/
Afseed6714/
Afshit6713/
Afshid678/
Abseyt671/
Afzist671/
Hafsit671/
Awsith671/
Absett670/

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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
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  • 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 Afseth
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