Gjøsund Surname

1,125,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 215 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Gjøsund Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gjøsund Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2101:24,4873,257
England21:27,859,030389,889
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gjøsund Last Name Facts

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

Gjøsund is more frequently found in Norway than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gjøsund click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gjøsund? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,125,333rd most frequently used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gjøsund are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequent in Norway, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 24,487. In Norway Gjøsund is most common in: Western Norway, where 64 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 24 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Norway it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Denmark, where 0 percent are found.

Gjøsund Last Name Statistics demography

Gjøsund earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 5.53% less than the national average, earning 326,936 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gjosund8648/
Gjösund864/
Gesund7748/
Gesun678/
Gisun673/
Gjasonti531/

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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
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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 Gjøsund
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