Kjelsberg Surname

948,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Kjelsberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kjelsberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2271:22,6532,954
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kjelsberg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kjelsberg is found in Norway more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kjelsberg? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 948,111th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. The surname Kjelsberg occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Kjelsberg are found; 85 percent are found in Northern Europe and 85 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most prevalent in Norway, where it is carried by 227 people, or 1 in 22,653. In Norway it is most numerous in: Eastern Norway, where 52 percent are found, Central Norway, where 31 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Norway Kjelsberg exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent are found and Switzerland, where 5 percent are found.

Kjelsberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kjelsberg surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

The amount Kjelsberg earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 2.03% less than the national average, earning 339,064 kr per year and in United States they earn 0.97% less than the national average, earning $42,731 USD per year.

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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 Kjelsberg
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