Gautesen Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Gautesen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gautesen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway531:97,02413,264
Denmark141:403,19427,097
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Gautesen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gautesen is found most in Norway. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gautesen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,047,559th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname Gautesen occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Gautesen reside; 80 percent reside in Northern Europe and 80 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequent in Norway, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 97,024. In Norway it is most numerous in: Western Norway, where 79 percent live and Eastern Norway, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account Norway Gautesen occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Gautesen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Gautesen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 192.54% more than the national average, earning 1,012,420 kr per year and in United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD 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
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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 Gautesen
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