Nortey Surname
Approximately 33,148 people bear this surname
Nortey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 32,419 | 1:833 | 130 |
| England | 314 | 1:177,446 | 16,095 |
| United States | 290 | 1:1,249,858 | 88,263 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Liberia | 19 | 1:232,028 | 14,625 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Nortey (982) may also be a first name.
Nortey Demographics
Average Nortey Salary in
United States
$52,638 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nortey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nortey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nortey is found in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nortey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 16,757th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 219,849 people. Nortey is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nortey reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nortey is also the 257,086th most prevalent forename throughout the world, held by 982 people.
The surname is most frequent in Ghana, where it is carried by 32,419 people, or 1 in 833. Beside Ghana this last name is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Nortey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Nortey has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 29,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Nortey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Nortey surname are 2.65% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.88% being registered with the political party.
The amount Nortey earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 21.99% more than the national average, earning $52,638 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.34% more than the national average, earning $51,341 CAD per year.
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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 Nortey
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