Nortun Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Nortun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nortun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway261:197,78022,769
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Nortun (20) may also be a first name.

Nortun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nortun is borne by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nortun click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nortun? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nortun is the 3,100,440th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Nortun live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in Scandinavia. Nortun is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 20 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Norway, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 197,780. In Norway Nortun is primarily concentrated in: Western Norway, where 73 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 23 percent are found and Central Norway, where 4 percent are found. Other than Norway this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 15 percent are found and Thailand, where 15 percent are found.

Nortun Last Name Statistics demography

Nortun earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 10.22% more than the national average, earning 381,455 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nordtun9283/
Nortune9226/
Nortung9218/
Northun9210/
Norton83125,290/
Nartun8367/
Nortum8347/
Nertun832/
Northon77212/
Northum77155/
Nartgun77117/
Norhton7714/
Noirton771/
Noorton771/
Nartund771/
Nourton770/
Nartung770/
Norrton770/
Nortton770/
Northausen7540/
Norrthon7169/
Nurton67422/
Narton675/
Ñorton671/
Nórton671/
Nartum671/
Neurton621/

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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
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  • 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 Nortun
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