Elness Surname

1,218,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Elness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1821:1,991,533128,023
Norway101:514,22941,629
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Elness (373) may also be a first name.

Elness Last Name Facts

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

Elness is found most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Elness click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elness? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,218,745th most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Elness live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 449,413th most common first name globally, held by 373 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 182 people, or 1 in 1,991,533. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 59 percent are found, California, where 15 percent are found and Washington, where 5 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Norway, where 5 percent are found.

Elness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Elness has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Elness last name rose 4,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Elness Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Elness surname are 17.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 70.59% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Elness earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 10.05% more than the national average, earning 380,845 kr per year and in United States they earn 12.7% more than the national average, earning $48,627 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Helness9246/
Gelness920/
Elnes91324/
Gellness8620/
Elnesr831,398/
Olness83295/
Elnest83158/
Elneus83158/
Alness83101/
Helnes8354/
Jelnes8317/
Elnees834/
Oelnes831/
Elneis831/
Elnese831/
Elne8018/
Holness778,449/
Ahlness7786/
Gilness7714/
Allness7711/
Ellneus771/
Helnest771/
Gellnes771/
Alhness771/
Elinnes771/
Helnies770/
Alnes73804/
Elner73225/
Gelne7361/
Olnes7357/
Helne7337/
Elnis7319/
Elnäs739/
Ealne735/
Elnne734/
Elney733/
Elneh733/
Elnie733/
Elned732/
Ölnes732/
Elnet731/
Jlnes731/
Elnei731/
Elgne731/
Elnee731/
Ilnes730/
Hjellnes71134/
Elenniss7125/
Hollness7111/
Ehilnesh711/
Helnisse711/
Ellner671,540/
Elgner67312/
Helner67174/
Holnes67145/
Alneus67102/
Halnes6791/
Elenne6767/
Egline6733/
Hellne6720/
Eilene6718/
Helney6710/
Elnney675/
Elnais675/
Yelnis675/
Elnehr674/
Eslner674/
Hilnes674/
Helnis674/
Ilneus673/
Elinne673/
Alnees672/
Gelnez672/
Jelnis672/
Gilnes672/
Ealene672/
Elnice671/
Elnyts671/
Ilnets671/
Helnei671/
Helnge671/
Hetlne671/
Ealner671/
Gelney671/
Elnner671/
Etelne671/
Ahlnes671/
Elgney671/
Alniss671/
Helnie671/
Elynne671/
Elnett671/
Olnies670/
Ellney670/
Elnnis670/

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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 Elness
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