Often Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Often Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Norway | 28 | 1:183,653 | 21,594 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
Often (1,781) may also be a first name.
Often Demographics
Average Often Salary in
Norway
417,842 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Often Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Often Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Often occurs most in Malawi. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Often? popularity and diffusion
It is the 961,438th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. The last name Often occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Often live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Often is also the 181,263rd most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 1,781 people.
Often is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Outside of Malawi this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 10 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.
Often Last Name Statistics demography
Often earn notably more than the average income. In Norway they earn 20.74% more than the national average, earning 417,842 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoften | 91 | 33 | / |
| Oftten | 91 | 1 | / |
| Goften | 91 | 0 | / |
| Hofften | 83 | 2 | / |
| Hooften | 83 | 0 | / |
| Owten | 80 | 79 | / |
| Oftin | 80 | 37 | / |
| Obten | 80 | 33 | / |
| Aften | 80 | 31 | / |
| Ovten | 80 | 10 | / |
| Eften | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hoftienė | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oftina | 73 | 115 | / |
| Haften | 73 | 10 | / |
| Höften | 73 | 9 | / |
| Heften | 73 | 7 | / |
| Howten | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hovten | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ahften | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oftind | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afteen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aaften | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gaften | 73 | 0 | / |
| Haaften | 67 | 109 | / |
| Hafften | 67 | 88 | / |
| Haeften | 67 | 47 | / |
| Oofting | 67 | 2 | / |
| Asfteen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aftn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahaften | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howtten | 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 Often
- 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