Norden Surname

81,081st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,997 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Suriname

Norden Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Norden,' i.e. at the north dean (v. Dean), from residence therein. I do not know the locality.

1580. John Norden and Margaret Lewes: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).

Baptised — Martha, d.

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Norden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2921:158,14116,146
Germany1,4181:56,7747,332
Australia5641:47,8655,981
England3821:145,85914,056
Netherlands1971:85,72214,232
South Africa1801:300,98728,973
Canada1171:314,92028,951
Denmark1131:49,9535,158
Israel801:106,97012,128
France781:851,573100,617
Estonia691:19,1573,287
Sweden681:144,80510,193
Malaysia611:483,51224,345
Suriname581:9,5282,431
Pakistan411:4,357,16830,068
Russia331:4,367,365205,470
Bhutan321:19,251460
Indonesia301:4,408,306217,989
India291:26,450,530346,896
Austria291:293,63633,260
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Norway191:270,64728,127
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
China31:455,773,85521,925
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2341:104,16810,414
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Jersey41:12,9712,116
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2821:178,08015,904

The alternate forms: Nordén (1,732) & Nordeń (2) are calculated separately.

Norden (1,193) may also be a first name.

Norden Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Norden,' i.e. at the north dean (v. Dean), from residence therein. I do not know the locality.

1580. John Norden and Margaret Lewes: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).

Baptised — Martha, d. John Norden: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1647. John Norden and Elizabeth Skinner: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).

1687. George Westhrop and Amy Norden: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller at the North Valley [Old English norþ + denu] But the name in our directories is sometimes the German and Scandinavian Norden = North.

Confused with Nordon.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Place name in Germany, East Friesland.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Evidently from 'north' and ' dean ' or ' den.' I doubt not that many places in Britain are so designated, though it is remarkable that the Gazetteers, both of England and Scotland, are devoid of examples.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Danish, Norden; from the Dutch, Noorden; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Norden Last Name Facts

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

The surname Norden (Hindi: नोरदेन, Russian: Норден, Tibetan: ནོར་ལྡན།) is most common in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Nordén or Nordeń. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Norden? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 81,081st most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,215,199 people. Norden occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 42 percent of Norden live; 40 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 229,461st most common first name at a global level, held by 1,193 people.

The last name Norden is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 2,292 people, or 1 in 158,141. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 9 percent are found, Michigan, where 7 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States Norden occurs in 48 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 24 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.

Norden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Norden has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Norden surname rose 813 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 163 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Norden Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Norden last name are 16.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.29% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Norden earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 50.78% more than the national average, earning 521,812 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 30.26% more than the national average, earning R 309,540 per year; in United States they earn 10.33% more than the national average, earning $47,606 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.5% less than the national average, earning $41,487 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nordén941,732/
Nordeń942/
Nordeen921,247/
Nordeng92724/
Nordien92720/
Noorden92158/
Nohrden92152/
Nordøen929/
Nordehn927/
Nordoen921/
Nordden920/
Nordn914/
Noordeen864,187/
Noordien86834/
Norddeen866/
Nourdeen863/
Noerdien861/
Nourdien861/
Nordin8340,247/
Nurden83426/
Nerden83165/
Narden8363/
Nürden8319/
Nordem833/
Nordhn832/
Nordne832/
Nordyn831/
Nordín831/
Noordenne8022/
Nourdenne801/
Nourddien801/
Noorddeen801/
Noordin775,975/
Naarden77712/
Nourdin77550/
Noerdin77513/
Norddin77409/
Nording77327/
Nurdien7763/
Norrdin7758/
Nurdeen7752/
Nordina7737/
Nardien773/
Nardeen773/
Nordeem772/
Nordion771/
Noirdin771/
Nordäng771/
Nnordem771/
Nordint771/
Nardn732/
Noordink71313/
Noorduin71108/
Noorddin7159/
Noording716/
Nurddeen715/
Nourddin713/
Nusrdeen712/
Noerddin711/
Nordinne711/
Noorrdin711/
Norddinn711/
Nourhdin711/
Nasrdeen711/
Nurdin6779,254/
Nardin675,736/
Nerdin67136/
Nordim6719/
Nordinova6711/
Nurdenova679/
Närdin678/
Nardyn675/
Nourdinne672/
Nurdyn672/
Noordinne671/
Nördin671/
Nardín671/
Nardìn671/

Norden Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Norden in the Hindi language
नोरदेनnoradena-
Norden in the Tibetan language
ནོར་ལྡན།norden48.28
ནོར་ལྡན་norden41.38
ནོར་སྒྲོན།nordrön6.9
ནོལ་ལྡན།nolden3.45
Norden in the Russian language
Норденnorden-

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Norden Reference & Research

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