Balsnes Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Balsnes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balsnes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway831:61,9558,821
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Balsnes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balsnes is found most in Norway. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Balsnes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,907,068th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Balsnes are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name Balsnes is most frequently used in Norway, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 61,955. In Norway Balsnes is primarily found in: Western Norway, where 58 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 23 percent live and Southern Norway, where 11 percent live. Beside Norway this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 6 percent live and Denmark, where 5 percent live.

Balsnes Last Name Statistics demography

Balsnes earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 4.83% less than the national average, earning 329,380 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Balsness9312/
Balsne921/
Balsner8634/
Walsnes8612/
Valsnes863/
Bolsønes8036/
Vahlsnes808/
Balsni771/
Balesny7145/
Balesna711/
Bolsner711/
Balesnyy6786/
Woldsnes6737/
Balesnyi6726/
Vollsnes676/
Voldsnes673/
Wailsnis671/
Balesnyj671/
Balesnaya63275/
Balesnaia6335/
Voldsness6322/
Baljnh62305/
Bolesny5711/
Bolzner5711/
Bolesna573/
Volsnei571/
Bolesni571/
Bolesnyi533/
Boleszny532/
Balchenny501/
Bouldjnet501/
Balchinni501/

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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 Balsnes
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