Bjørnson Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Bjørnson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bjørnson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1951:26,3713,581
Denmark441:128,28911,616
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Bjrnson (17) are calculated separately.

Bjørnson Last Name Facts

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

Bjørnson is borne by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Bjrnson. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bjørnson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,028,911th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Bjørnson are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most commonly held in Norway, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 26,371. In Norway Bjørnson is primarily found in: Eastern Norway, where 75 percent are found, Western Norway, where 20 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Norway this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 18 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Bjørnson Last Name Statistics demography

Bjørnson earn notably more than the average income. In Norway they earn 18.39% more than the national average, earning 409,716 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bjrnson9817/
Bjørnsson94107/
Bjørnsen881,584/
Bjrnsson8825/
Bjørnsund8245/
Bjørnsand8219/
Bernson80693/
Bjrnsen8023/
Birnson803/
Berenson751,716/
Bearnson75203/
Berinson7584/
Bernsohn7584/
Bernsone7565/
Bernsson7537/
Bairnson7527/
Bärenson7517/
Berïnson752/
Bøhrnsen752/
Birnsone751/
Birnsong751/
Biernson750/
Biornson750/
Berrenson7124/
Berensson7121/
Berensohn7120/
Berginson712/
Berenshon712/
Bearenson711/
Behrenson710/
Bernsen671,313/
Beerensson6710/
Bernzon676/
Birginsson671/
Wirnson671/
Virnson671/
Beerrenson671/
Vernson671/
Wernson670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Bjørnson
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