Farsund Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Farsund Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farsund Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1841:27,9473,825
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Farsund Last Name Facts

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

The surname Farsund is carried by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Farsund? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,185,157th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Farsund reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequent in Norway, where it is carried by 184 people, or 1 in 27,947. In Norway Farsund is mostly concentrated in: Western Norway, where 80 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 15 percent reside and Central Norway, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Norway this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Denmark, where 1 percent reside.

Farsund Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Farsund last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

The amount Farsund earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 7.31% less than the national average, earning 320,790 kr per year and in United States they earn 81.64% more than the national average, earning $78,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farsun9277/
Farsoun8682/
Försund8610/
Forsund865/
Farzund862/
Farssoun801/
Farzaund801/
Farson77977/
Farjun7740/
Forsun7712/
Farzun774/
Fearson71239/
Forsung71149/
Farjoun7139/
Fairson7111/
Fahrson7110/
Farchun717/
Pfarson712/
Farzond711/
Farzuin711/
Farjune711/
Farshon711/
Farrson710/
Farschon67131/
Fardjoun672/
Fearsonn672/
Forschun671/
Farshoum671/

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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 Farsund
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