Nørlev Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Nørlev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 81 | 1:69,688 | 6,946 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Nørlev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nørlev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nørlev is most common in Denmark. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nørlev? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nørlev is the 2,061,309th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Nørlev are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Denmark, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 69,688. In Denmark Nørlev is mostly concentrated in: North Denmark Region, where 59 percent reside, Capital Region of Denmark, where 16 percent reside and Region Zealand, where 14 percent reside. Beside Denmark Nørlev occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nørlev
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