Knøsen Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Knøsen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knøsen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway261:197,78022,769
Denmark181:313,59522,770
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Knsen (1) are calculated separately.

Knøsen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Knøsen occurs most in Norway. It may also occur as: Knsen. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knøsen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,909,720th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Knøsen live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Norway, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 197,780. In Norway it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 100 percent are found. Other than Norway this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 40 percent are found and Spain, where 2 percent are found.

Knøsen Last Name Statistics demography

Knøsen earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 15% less than the national average, earning 294,161 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knsen971/
Kinsen83149/
Kensen83145/
Könsen8336/
Könsgen77186/
Köhnsen7751/
Kinsoen7727/
Koensen7713/
Kaensen7711/
Kinscen772/
Kinsenn771/
Kiensen771/
Kuensen771/
Kyhnsen771/
Kinshen771/
Kennsen770/
Kinsend770/
Knsan732/
Cnsen731/
Kngen731/
Håkensen71164/
Håkånsen7115/
Keenseng711/
Kinson672,090/
Kingen67575/
Kinsin6785/
Censen6781/
Kinsan6775/
Kinzen6727/
Kincen6727/
Håkenåsen677/
Cinsen676/
Kinjen675/
Kensem674/
Knsing674/
Könzen671/

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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 Knøsen
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