Nortor Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Liberia

Nortor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nortor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Nortor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nortor is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nortor? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,311,814th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nortor live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Nortor is most widely held in Ghana, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 27,020,692. Excluding Ghana Nortor exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 33 percent are found and Nigeria, where 33 percent are found.

Nortor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Nortor surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nortorp9217/
Ngortor925/
Nordtorp86214/
Northorp86109/
Norrtorp862/
Northoir861/
Northort861/
Northore860/
Nortar8323/
Nortur834/
Nertor831/
Norture7760/
Northur772/
Nortarh771/
Norththorp751/
Northard71146/
Northart7166/
Northurp711/
Northurd710/
Nartur6721/
Nartar6716/
Northardt675/
Northhart672/
Northartt672/
Nurthur620/
Narthare571/
Nasrtahr571/

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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 Nortor
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis