Norðberg Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Faroe Islands
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Norðberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Norðberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Faroe Islands551:891128
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

The alternate forms: Norberg (14,041) are calculated separately.

Norðberg Last Name Facts

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

Norðberg occurs most in The Faroe Islands. It can also appear in the variant forms: Norberg. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Norðberg? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,506,728th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname Norðberg is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Norðberg reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequent in The Faroe Islands, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 891. Outside of The Faroe Islands this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 5 percent reside and Scotland, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Norberg9814,041/
Norbergs8816/
Norrberg8815/
Noerberg881/
Nohrberg881/
Noorberg881/
Norborg80274/
Norburg80152/
Nerberg8060/
Narberg8017/
Nurberg8012/
Norbirg806/
Nürberg801/
Norbarg800/
Nohrborg7530/
Nurzberg753/
Norburgh750/
Norberque711/
Norbark671/
Nurburg670/
Narburgh63171/
Nurzburg632/
Neurburg631/
Nerborg5312/
Nerburg531/
Narburk531/

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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 Norðberg
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