Nordset Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Nordset Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nordset Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway771:66,7839,424
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Nordset Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nordset is more commonly found in Norway than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nordset? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nordset is the 2,075,631st most common surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Nordset reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly used in Norway, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 66,783. In Norway Nordset is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 53 percent are found, Western Norway, where 32 percent are found and Central Norway, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Norway this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Nordset Last Name Statistics demography

Nordset earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 14.69% less than the national average, earning 295,228 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nordseth93728/
Nordsee861/
Nortse771/
Noordsy7167/
Nordsjø7134/
Norchet7127/
Noorzet714/
Noursce710/
Norcett710/
Norce67187/
Noordzee67117/
Northsea6726/
Norchete678/
Norze676/
Northsey674/
Nordshøj671/

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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 Nordset
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