Nesteby Surname

1,032,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 244 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Nesteby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nesteby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1781:2,036,286130,241
Norway641:80,34811,180
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nesteby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nesteby is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nesteby click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nesteby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nesteby is the 1,032,007th most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 42 percent of Nesteby reside; 42 percent reside in North America and 42 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Nesteby is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 2,036,286. In The United States Nesteby is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 23 percent reside, Texas, where 10 percent reside and Washington, where 6 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 26 percent reside and Denmark, where 0 percent reside.

Nesteby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nesteby surname are 40.53% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 87.3% registered with the political party.

The amount Nesteby earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 3.23% less than the national average, earning 334,903 kr per year and in United States they earn 7.35% more than the national average, earning $46,321 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nestebyi931/
Nestoby861/
Netebi774/
Netebe771/
Nestevych752/
Ngetebi7127/
Netebei711/
Neitebe711/
Nestieva671/
Nestevich632/
Netyba6211/
Netive626/
Netevi621/
Niteba621/
Netiba621/
Naitebe57332/
Netivei5727/
Netibid573/
Gnitebe571/
Nyotebe571/
Netivea571/
Nistive571/
Nethibhai506/

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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 Nesteby
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