Kjersti Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Kjersti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kjersti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway81:642,78647,258
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Kjersti (10,396) may also be a first name.

Kjersti Last Name Facts

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

Kjersti (Arabic: كجيرستي) occurs more in Norway more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kjersti? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kjersti is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Kjersti reside; 62 percent reside in Northern Europe and 62 percent reside in Scandinavia. Kjersti is also the 59,699th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 10,396 people.

The surname Kjersti is most commonly held in Norway, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 642,786. In Norway Kjersti is primarily found in: Central Norway, where 25 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 25 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 25 percent are found. Excluding Norway this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Russia, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiersti862/
Kjersta860/
Kierste719/
Kiersty712/
Kiersta712/
Kiirsti711/
Kierszta6712/
Gjerster676/
Kierszte672/
Kyerstay670/
Kierstedt6329/
Kiershter630/
Qierstead501/

Kjersti Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kjersti in the Arabic language
كجيرستيkjyrsty-

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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 Kjersti
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