Kjelsnes Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Kjelsnes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kjelsnes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1111:46,3276,632
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kjelsnes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kjelsnes occurs more in Norway more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kjelsnes? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,666,404th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Kjelsnes are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name Kjelsnes is most frequently held in Norway, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 46,327. In Norway Kjelsnes is mostly found in: Western Norway, where 85 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 8 percent reside and Southern Norway, where 5 percent reside. Besides Norway Kjelsnes is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Kjelsnes Last Name Statistics demography

Kjelsnes earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 15.57% less than the national average, earning 292,210 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gjelsnes8870/
Gjelsness8210/
Kalsnes80201/
Kelsins801/
Kielsney751/
Kelly-Sines741/
Glesnes67366/
Klasons6754/
Klisans6753/
Kalsons679/
Kalsins676/
Klusins673/
Klāsēns671/
Klasins671/
Kulsans671/
Klāsons671/
Klisins671/

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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 Kjelsnes
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