Nêss Surname
14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 1 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway
Nêss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Ness (24,759) are calculated separately.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ness | 92 | 24,759 | / |
| Nês | 86 | 1 | / |
| Niss | 75 | 1,800 | / |
| Nyss | 75 | 106 | / |
| Näss | 75 | 31 | / |
| Nhss | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nesse | 67 | 2,531 | / |
| Niess | 67 | 2,249 | / |
| Neiss | 67 | 1,922 | / |
| Neuss | 67 | 1,182 | / |
| Nisse | 67 | 890 | / |
| Neess | 67 | 192 | / |
| Gness | 67 | 49 | / |
| Nessø | 67 | 35 | / |
| Naiss | 67 | 25 | / |
| Gniss | 67 | 20 | / |
| Nesst | 67 | 19 | / |
| Nê | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nässe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ngess | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nissh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nishs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nessh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Neyss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Neass | 67 | 2 | / |
| Noyss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nujss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nessz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neshs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noiss | 67 | 0 | / |
| Nuiss | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Nêss
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis