Norb Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Norb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Norb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Norb (476) may also be a first name.

Norb Last Name Facts

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

Norb (Russian: Норб, Tibetan: ནོར་བུ་) is found most frequently in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Norb click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Norb? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 47 percent of Norb are found; 42 percent are found in North America and 42 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Norb is also the 389,954th most common forename worldwide It is held by 476 people.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States Norb is mostly found in: New York, where 22 percent reside, Florida, where 11 percent reside and Hawaii, where 11 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 32 percent reside and Malaysia, where 16 percent reside.

Norb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Norb has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Norb surname rose 225 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nourb89110/
Noorb892/
Hnourb8022/
Nerb75671/
Norf7584/
Norp7541/
Nurb7521/
Narb756/
Norw754/
Norv752/
Nourbsh733/
Norbova731/
Nerbø67129/
Norff6762/
Nourp6738/
Norpe674/
Noorw673/
Norfe673/
Narbs672/
Norph672/
Noorf671/
Nahrb671/
Nourf671/

Norb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Norb in the Tibetan language
ནོར་བུ་norbu-
Norb in the Russian language
Норбnorb-

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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 Norb
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