Nesbø Surname

825,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 336 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Nesbø Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nesbø Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3351:15,3501,829
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Nesb (5) are calculated separately.

Nesbø Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nesbø occurs more in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Nesb. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nesbø? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 825,152nd most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 21,689,125 people. The last name Nesbø is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Nesbø reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequent in Norway, where it is carried by 335 people, or 1 in 15,350. In Norway Nesbø is most numerous in: Western Norway, where 79 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 13 percent live and Central Norway, where 6 percent live. Not including Norway this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live.

Nesbø Last Name Statistics demography

Nesbø earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 2.67% more than the national average, earning 355,318 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nesb965/
Nexsb801/
Nesbt801/
Neb753,805/
Neeseb731/
Neiseb731/
Nesbtt731/
Neeb674,208/
Nybø67796/
Neib67321/
Nieb67182/
Nasb67138/
Neps67126/
Nehb6738/
Neub6738/
Nheb6721/
Ngeb6718/
Neab6714/
Nesf6714/
Nisb6711/
Nebs679/
Neyb675/
Netb674/
Nebh673/
Nebd672/
Nebz671/
Nebı671/
Gneb671/
Nesp671/

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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 Nesbø
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