Gjetnes Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Gjetnes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gjetnes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway231:223,57824,793
England121:4,643,172139,951
United States71:51,779,848968,877

Gjetnes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gjetnes is most common in Norway. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gjetnes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gjetnes is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Gjetnes occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Gjetnes are found; 83 percent are found in Northern Europe and 55 percent are found in Scandinavia.

Gjetnes is most frequent in Norway, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 223,578. In Norway Gjetnes is primarily found in: Eastern Norway, where 70 percent are found, Central Norway, where 22 percent are found and Western Norway, where 9 percent are found. Other than Norway it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 29 percent are found and The United States, where 17 percent are found.

Gjetnes Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Gjetnes earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 21.18% less than the national average, earning 272,766 kr per year and in United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gjeitnes9373/
Geitnes861/
Gjene8324/
Geittnes801/
Kjenes77146/
Geines7714/
Gjeneš773/
Geitner712,852/
Gyenese71379/
Geisnes7120/
Gyenezs7112/
Gjøines715/
Geiness713/
Gjøynes712/
Gujiene711/
Gyeness711/
Gyenesz711/
Geaines711/
Geinese710/
Geithner67776/
Geine6787/
Geittner6782/
Gjine6781/
Xenes6773/
Geisness6762/
Gjyne671/
Gjeni671/
Gjena671/
Kgene671/
Gaujiene671/
Geisneæs671/
Geistner670/

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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 Gjetnes
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