Melsæter Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Melsæter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 123 | 1:41,807 | 5,981 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Melster (197) are calculated separately.
Melsæter Demographics
Average Melsæter Salary in
Norway
288,194 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Melsæter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melsæter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melsæter is held by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Melster. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melsæter? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melsæter is the 1,620,164th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Melsæter are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name is most frequently used in Norway, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 41,807. In Norway it is primarily concentrated in: Western Norway, where 73 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 26 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Norway it exists in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent are found.
Melsæter Last Name Statistics demography
Melsæter earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 16.73% less than the national average, earning 288,194 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melster | 98 | 197 | / |
| Melsæther | 94 | 37 | / |
| Mølsæter | 88 | 35 | / |
| Muelster | 88 | 0 | / |
| Mellster | 88 | 0 | / |
| Mølsæther | 82 | 4 | / |
| Muellster | 82 | 1 | / |
| Milster | 80 | 479 | / |
| Melsted | 80 | 318 | / |
| Mølster | 80 | 76 | / |
| Melsteð | 80 | 44 | / |
| Melzter | 80 | 2 | / |
| Meulstee | 75 | 194 | / |
| Melstead | 75 | 2 | / |
| Milstere | 75 | 1 | / |
| Milsterd | 75 | 0 | / |
| Meelzter | 75 | 0 | / |
| Melstedt | 75 | 0 | / |
| Mellstedt | 71 | 27 | / |
| Mellstead | 71 | 25 | / |
| Meullstee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Milste | 71 | 1 | / |
| Milsted | 67 | 716 | / |
| Mølsted | 67 | 121 | / |
| Mølstre | 67 | 90 | / |
| Milstea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mylsted | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milstey | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Melsæter
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