Nortunen Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Nortunen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nortunen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1061:51,8566,233
United States471:7,711,892346,147
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Nortunen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nortunen is held by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nortunen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nortunen is the 1,369,340th most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Nortunen live; 70 percent live in Northern Europe and 70 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Nortunen is most frequently held in Finland, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 51,856. In Finland it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Ostrobothnia, where 51 percent are found, Ostrobothnia, where 25 percent are found and Northern Ostrobothnia, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Finland Nortunen is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Sweden, where 4 percent are found.

Nortunen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nortunen last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.43% being registered with the party.

Nortunen earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.72% less than the national average, earning $40,681 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nortonen8833/
Nortnan802/
Nortonin751/
Norton-Owen741/
Nordennen715/
Nordanune711/
Noradneen711/
Norteanan710/
Noordennen6729/
Nooritanon671/

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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 Nortunen
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