Instanes Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Instanes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Instanes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1471:34,9824,940
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Instanes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Instanes is found most frequently in Norway. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Instanes? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,447,279th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Instanes live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Instanes is most commonly held in Norway, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 34,982. In Norway it is most frequent in: Western Norway, where 75 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 21 percent live and Northern Norway, where 2 percent live. Barring Norway this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent live.

Instanes Last Name Statistics demography

Instanes earn notably more than the average income. In Norway they earn 15.54% more than the national average, earning 399,857 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Instane931/
Instenes8846/
Insteness8235/
Instone80912/
Hinstone750/
Ensteness718/
Instonejt711/
Insteiner710/
Einsteine710/
Enstone67318/
Hinsteiner671/
Henstone6353/
Eynstone6317/
Hesienstani631/
Instonajt5915/
Yohnstone5910/
Hemstone5012/
Hehensteiner5011/

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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 Instanes
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