Nerness Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Nerness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nerness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States851:4,264,223227,504
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Nerness Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nerness occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nerness? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,034,059th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name Nerness is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Nerness are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 4,264,223. In The United States Nerness is mostly concentrated in: Iowa, where 46 percent live, Missouri, where 12 percent live and California, where 11 percent live.

Nerness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Nerness has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nerness last name grew 944 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Nerness Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Nerness surname are 25.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.73% registered with the party.

Nerness earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.79% more than the national average, earning $44,351 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nernes9297/
Norness8611/
Narness862/
Nergnes861/
Niernes861/
Nernest860/
Nearnes860/
Nerne833/
Nerney77909/
Nornes77431/
Nyrnes7729/
Nernee7718/
Narnes7711/
Nernie776/
Nerner775/
Nearne771/
Nernge771/
Nearney7164/
Norneus717/
Nerhner711/
Narniss711/
Nierney710/
Nirne67134/
Nerny6798/
Nerni6759/
Nerna679/
Neerneer671/
Nyrne671/

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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 Nerness
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