Olsnes Surname

1,032,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 244 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Olsnes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olsnes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2421:21,2492,752
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080

Olsnes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olsnes is held by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Olsnes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olsnes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,032,007th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. Olsnes is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Olsnes live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly used in Norway, where it is held by 242 people, or 1 in 21,249. In Norway it is mostly concentrated in: Western Norway, where 87 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 10 percent live and Central Norway, where 2 percent live. Apart from Norway this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Olsnes Last Name Statistics demography

Olsnes earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 3.34% less than the national average, earning 334,518 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olsness9212/
Olsne912/
Ulsnes8351/
Olsner8316/
Alsnes8315/
Elsnes8312/
Olsnäs832/
Halsnes77127/
Elsness7721/
Holsner7718/
Ulsness7713/
Golesne777/
Olesner774/
Elesnes774/
Holshne770/
Alsne7312/
Olschner71208/
Golsenne714/
Halsne67354/
Hellesnes67142/
Golsni6775/
Alsner6718/
Golzne679/
Alsnäs677/
Alhsne672/
Alsned671/
Alcnes671/
Olesni671/
Olzner671/
Olezne671/
Holschner670/

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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 Olsnes
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