Nagelsen Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Nagelsen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nagelsen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway291:177,32021,035
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nagelsen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nagelsen is borne by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nagelsen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,843,861st most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Nagelsen live; 62 percent live in Northern Europe and 62 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most common in Norway, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 177,320. In Norway it is primarily concentrated in: Western Norway, where 90 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 7 percent reside and Southern Norway, where 3 percent reside. Barring Norway this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.

Nagelsen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nagelsen last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered with the party.

The amount Nagelsen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 10.76% less than the national average, earning 308,835 kr per year and in United States they earn 42.2% more than the national average, earning $61,360 USD per year.

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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 Nagelsen
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