Nessum Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Nessum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nessum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Nessum Last Name Facts

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

Nessum is borne by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nessum? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Nessum live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most common in Norway, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,571,143. In Norway it is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 100 percent live. Barring Norway this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nessoum929/
Nesum9121/
Neissoum866/
Neyssoum861/
Neassoum861/
Nossum83288/
Nejsum83208/
Nissum83159/
Nassum8312/
Nessom835/
Neusum832/
Neshum831/
Nessoun7710/
Netsume774/
Neissom771/
Neatsum770/
Neessom770/
Nezum73635/
Nesom73424/
Nasum73391/
Nosum73105/
Nysum7352/
Nisum7334/
Nesun7324/
Nexum731/
Naissoum7116/
Nessoune711/
Nesumova711/
Nayssoum711/
Naisseum711/
Neushaum710/
Nesson67589/
Neesom67117/
Neshumova67111/
Noisum6747/
Neasom6740/
Nissom6718/
Ngisum6716/
Hnasum6714/
Neyssoune677/
Nesunc673/
Nisume671/
Nasuim671/
Nechum671/
Nayssoume671/
Neissoune671/
Nesune671/
Ngnessune671/
Nashum670/
Niceum670/
Neisun670/
Neusun670/

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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 Nessum
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