Gjøen Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Gjøen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gjøen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2041:25,2073,383
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Gjen (3) are calculated separately.

Gjøen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gjøen is found most in Norway. It may also appear as: Gjen. For other potential spellings of Gjøen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gjøen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gjøen is the 1,155,901st most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The surname Gjøen is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gjøen reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name Gjøen is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 25,207. In Norway it is most frequent in: Western Norway, where 58 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 36 percent live and Central Norway, where 4 percent live. Other than Norway this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 0 percent live and Jordan, where 0 percent live.

Gjøen Last Name Statistics demography

Gjøen earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 0.51% less than the national average, earning 344,329 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gjen963/
Gjøn8925/
Gjein8046/
Gjene8024/
Gjien800/
Gjn7535/
Goijen7371/
Guijen7318/
Geijen7312/
Gjeten735/
Gøksen733/
Gøkcen733/
Gujjen731/
Ngjyen731/
Gein67914/
Gjesing67277/
Gujienė67140/
Gijssen67112/
Gijn6775/
Gooijen6747/
Gjin6738/
Gjessen6714/
Gjjn675/
Gjenova674/
Gaijean674/
Goeijen672/
Cgen672/
Gujiene671/
Cgjn671/
Ggjn671/
Cjen671/
Kjen671/
Gzen671/
Ghjn671/
Gjnk671/
Gsen671/
Gjnc671/
Xjen671/
Qjen671/
Qgen671/
Gjyn671/
Gjsn671/

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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 Gjøen
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