Elgesem Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Elgesem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elgesem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1051:48,9747,020
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Elgesem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Elgesem is found most in Norway. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elgesem? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,666,404th most commonly used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname Elgesem is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Elgesem live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most widely held in Norway, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 48,974. In Norway it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 83 percent are found, Western Norway, where 12 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Norway this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Thailand, where 3 percent are found.

Elgesem Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Elgesem earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 26.87% more than the national average, earning 439,079 kr per year and in United States they earn 35.66% more than the national average, earning $58,536 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eleusem861/
Elgasem861/
Elgesen861/
Eleshem861/
Helgesen805,173/
Elgaseem801/
Elghasem801/
Elgassem801/
Elgene7745/
Elgeen7711/
Elghassem7575/
Helgessen753/
Gelgessen752/
Elgasim716,462/
Algasem71409/
Eliseme7149/
Elgezen7148/
Elgheim7114/
Hellesheim715/
Eleshim713/
Elgacem713/
Elgecen712/
Elesene711/
Elghemd711/
Ileshem711/
Elsheem711/
Elghemh711/
Elgeson710/
Helgeson675,315/
Helgheim67270/
Algassem67247/
Elgeshin6732/
Hilgesen6716/
Elchesen6716/
Elgassim6711/
Heillesheim676/
Helgacem673/
Elisseme671/
Elhesein671/
Elgeshausen671/
Hielescheim671/
Elsessen671/
Helgesan671/
Gelissem671/
Helgisen670/

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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 Elgesem
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