Gniste Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Gniste Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
Gniste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gniste Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gniste occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gniste? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most frequent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gniste are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
It is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 703,340. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 36 percent live, Halland County, where 21 percent live and Västerbotten County, where 21 percent live. Outside of Sweden this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 13 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gniste
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