Kolshus Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Kolshus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kolshus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway741:69,4909,776
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kolshus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kolshus is borne by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kolshus? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,136,387th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Kolshus occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Kolshus reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 69,490. In Norway Kolshus is most frequent in: Eastern Norway, where 89 percent are found, Central Norway, where 5 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 5 percent are found. Besides Norway this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 1 percent are found and Italy, where 1 percent are found.

Kolshus Last Name Statistics demography

Kolshus earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 25.23% less than the national average, earning 258,747 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kolchus8644/
Kolsu83450/
Kuleshus807/
Kolsuz772,723/
Kolsut7768/
Kollsu776/
Kolesu775/
Kolsou772/
Kaleshu7141/
Kulesus7128/
Kolzaus719/
Kalsius714/
Koldzhu713/
Kolszut711/
Kolcu678,247/
Kolju6780/
Kalsu6735/
Koulssou671/
Kolessou671/

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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 Kolshus
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