Foldnes Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Foldnes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foldnes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2531:20,3252,606
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Foldnes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Foldnes occurs more in Norway more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Foldnes? popularity and diffusion

It is the 996,001st most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Foldnes reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Norway, where it is borne by 253 people, or 1 in 20,325. In Norway Foldnes is primarily concentrated in: Western Norway, where 91 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 5 percent reside and Southern Norway, where 3 percent reside. Other than Norway Foldnes exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.

Foldnes Last Name Statistics demography

Foldnes earn notably more than the average income. In Norway they earn 15.22% more than the national average, earning 398,759 kr per year.

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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 Foldnes
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