Almås Surname

366,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 983 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Almås Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Almås Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway9731:5,285513
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Almås Last Name Facts

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

The surname Almås is more commonly found in Norway than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Almås? popularity and diffusion

The surname Almås is the 366,594th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 7,413,577 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Almås live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently held in Norway, where it is borne by 973 people, or 1 in 5,285. In Norway it is most numerous in: Western Norway, where 38 percent are found, Central Norway, where 27 percent are found and Eastern Norway, where 22 percent are found. Excluding Norway it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Almås Last Name Statistics demography

Almås earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 6.48% less than the national average, earning 323,667 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ahlmås914/
Alms891,536/
Olmås8049/
Halms8044/
Galms8011/
Almse809/
Almst802/
Al'ms801/
Aelms801/
Ealms800/
Almåsstø776/
Holmås73164/
Almsht7379/
Almsøe736/
Healms732/
Almstd731/
Halmsh731/
Halmse731/
Hallms730/
Elms678,714/
Olms67518/
Almz678/
Almx671/

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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 Almås
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