Kielsen Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Kielsen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenland | 169 | 1:334 | 65 |
| Denmark | 69 | 1:81,807 | 7,949 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
Kielsen (14) may also be a first name.
Kielsen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kielsen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kielsen is held by more people in Greenland than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kielsen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,028,911th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. The last name Kielsen occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Kielsen reside; 69 percent reside in North America and 69 percent reside in Dano-North America. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent given name globally, borne by 14 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Greenland, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 334. Apart from Greenland this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 28 percent are found and Norway, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Kielsen
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