Borknes Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Borknes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Borknes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway151:342,81932,589

Borknes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Borknes is more commonly found in Norway than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Borknes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Borknes is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Borknes is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Borknes reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequent in Norway, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 342,819. In Norway it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 93 percent reside and Central Norway, where 7 percent reside.

Borknes Last Name Statistics demography

Borknes earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 27.2% less than the national average, earning 251,932 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Borkner86102/
Berknes8617/
Worknes861/
Barknes860/
Burknes860/
Worknesh80110,920/
Berknesh801,610/
Berkness80155/
Burkness8022/
Bourkney8017/
Barkness801/
Borckner800/
Barkne7719/
Borkni770/
Workneshe751,449/
Worknnesh751/
Barkneh718/
Worknex712/
Bourgknech711/
Berknez711/
Bourkna711/
Barkney710/
Bourgknecht6730/
Worknish674/
Worknech672/
Bercness671/
Bourknuy671/
Warknesh671/
Barknise670/
Barckner670/
Barknecht6335/
Barkni629/
Barcne622/
Barkna621/
Borcna621/
Bourchenne591/
Barcneh5711/
Barkhni571/
Barknay570/
Barkınay5315/

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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 Borknes
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