Nortney Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Nortney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nortney Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Nortney Last Name Facts

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

Nortney is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Nortney click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nortney? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Nortney occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Nortney live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most common in England, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Gloucestershire, where 25 percent live, Hampshire, where 25 percent live and Leicestershire, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account England this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Iran, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Northney930/
Nertney8688/
Nortner8614/
Nurtney867/
Nartney860/
Nortness8040/
Nerthney802/
Northnep800/
Nortni771/
Nortna770/
Northness7567/
Nertnoiy671/
Nartnett671/
Northnip671/
Northnap671/
Narthni571/
Nertnoi571/
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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 Nortney
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