Fossland Surname

746,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 385 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Fossland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fossland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2811:18,3002,297
United States831:4,366,975231,516
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Fossland Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fossland has its highest incidence in Norway. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Fossland click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fossland? popularity and diffusion

It is the 746,827th most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 18,928,691 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Fossland are found; 77 percent are found in Northern Europe and 77 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly used in Norway, where it is held by 281 people, or 1 in 18,300. In Norway Fossland is most frequent in: Central Norway, where 46 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 25 percent reside and Northern Norway, where 17 percent reside. Besides Norway this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Sweden, where 4 percent reside.

Fossland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fossland surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Fossland earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 14.31% less than the national average, earning 296,542 kr per year and in United States they earn 16.59% less than the national average, earning $35,991 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fosland93134/
Fosslan931/
Foesland880/
Foisland880/
Fesland8018/
Vosland803/
Foslane800/
Vassland751/
Fausland750/
Faslan71769/
Fashlan67129/
Vasland6756/
Faslyan6743/
Faslian675/
Foslein672/
Faslane671/
Fozlyan671/
Faslaan671/
Faslean670/
Fauslan670/

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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 Fossland
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