Norten Surname

980,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Norten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Norten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1671:2,170,413136,881
Indonesia361:3,673,589193,360
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
England71:7,959,723202,100
India71:109,580,769786,157
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Bhutan41:154,010967
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England671:363,81122,769
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5741:87,4899,073

The alternate forms: Nortén (19) are calculated separately.

Norten (70) may also be a first name.

Norten Last Name Facts

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

Norten (Russian: Нортен, Tibetan: ནོར་རྟེན།) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Nortén. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Norten? popularity and diffusion

It is the 980,795th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Norten are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,162,016th most frequent forename throughout the world, held by 70 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 2,170,413. In The United States it is most numerous in: Illinois, where 25 percent live, Texas, where 16 percent live and California, where 11 percent live. Aside from The United States Norten exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 14 percent live and Germany, where 7 percent live.

Norten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Norten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Norten last name contracted 71 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Norten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Norten surname are 23.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.59% being registered with the political party.

The amount Norten earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 17.31% less than the national average, earning R 196,500 per year; in United States they earn 45.26% more than the national average, earning $62,677 USD per year and in Canada they earn 50.66% less than the national average, earning $24,516 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nortén9419/
Northen92712/
Nohrten922/
Nortuen921/
Noerten920/
Nortten920/
Nortn914/
Noerthen862/
Narten83628/
Nurten83525/
Nortin8371/
Nerten8349/
Nortem834/
Noortheen802/
Noirtin77390/
Nurthen77164/
Northin77101/
Nörthen7746/
Nardten7719/
Nortina7716/
Nortion773/
Nortind772/
Norting771/
Norhting711/
Noorthin711/
Nurtin67188/
Nartin67145/
Nortim676/
Närtén673/
Nertin673/
Nortinova671/
Nartyn671/
Narthn671/
Nurtina62305/
Nartina625/
Narteem621/
Nurttin621/
Nasrtin621/
Nartim50166/
Nurtim5030/

Norten Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Norten in the Tibetan language
ནོར་རྟེན།norten33.33
ནོར་བསྟན།norten33.33
ནོར་གཏན།norten33.33
Norten in the Russian language
Нортенnorten-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Norten
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