Hestetun Surname

1,177,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Hestetun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hestetun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1991:25,8413,488
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Hestetun Last Name Facts

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

Hestetun is carried by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hestetun? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hestetun is the 1,177,228th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Hestetun live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 25,841. In Norway it is primarily concentrated in: Western Norway, where 71 percent live and Eastern Norway, where 29 percent live. Without taking into account Norway this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.

Hestetun Last Name Statistics demography

Hestetun earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 7.9% less than the national average, earning 318,735 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hestetune9422/
Hestethun945/
Ettetung754/
Hetheton750/
Ethetton6362/
Chittitun594/
Chitteton590/
Jitteehtun561/
Etheton532/
Eatheton500/

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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 Hestetun
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