Nerseth Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Nerseth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nerseth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway531:97,02413,264
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Malta41:107,5681,849
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Nerseth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nerseth is found in Norway more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nerseth? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,894,523rd most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. Nerseth occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Nerseth live; 58 percent live in Northern Europe and 58 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly used in Norway, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 97,024. In Norway it is most frequent in: Eastern Norway, where 81 percent reside and Western Norway, where 19 percent reside. Not including Norway Nerseth is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 34 percent reside and Malta, where 4 percent reside.

Nerseth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nerseth last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Nerseth earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 1.3% more than the national average, earning 350,565 kr per year and in United States they earn 9.62% less than the national average, earning $39,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nerset928/
Nerseh920/
Norseth86258/
Narseth860/
Nerse83810/
Nersih7790/
Nerses7763/
Nierse7739/
Norset7731/
Nershi7729/
Nersha774/
Nerser771/
Nersee771/
Nercet771/
Nersit771/
Nershy771/
Narset770/
Nergesh7123/
Nershed7113/
Nergish717/
Noirset711/
Nersses711/
Nersees711/
Nersser710/
Neirget710/
Nerge67381/
Nersi67236/
Nersa6784/
Nerce6717/
Nersy6717/
Nerze6710/
Nerje6710/
Nergette673/
Nirse671/
Nyrse670/

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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 Nerseth
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