Ernstsen Surname

392,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 902 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Ernstsen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ernstsen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark4971:11,3581,078
Norway2841:18,1072,264
United States981:3,698,561204,970
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Ernstsen Last Name Facts

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

Ernstsen is found most frequently in Denmark. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ernstsen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 392,160th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,079,319 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Ernstsen live; 87 percent live in Northern Europe and 87 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly held in Denmark, where it is carried by 497 people, or 1 in 11,358. In Denmark Ernstsen is primarily concentrated in: Central Denmark Region, where 41 percent are found, Region of Southern Denmark, where 22 percent are found and Capital Region of Denmark, where 17 percent are found. Not including Denmark Ernstsen occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 31 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Ernstsen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ernstsen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ernstsen surname expanded 1,960 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ernstsen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Ernstsen are 41.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.74% being registered with the party.

The amount Ernstsen earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 7.02% less than the national average, earning 321,787 kr per year and in United States they earn 28.09% more than the national average, earning $55,269 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Erenstsen9413/
Ernstzen88920/
Ernstson88118/
Arnstsen884/
Ernstsson82531/
Ernstsone8274/
Erenstzen825/
Ernstsohn821/
Arnstson753/
Ernstzon751/
Herrnschen670/

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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 Ernstsen
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