Packness Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Packness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Packness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark871:64,8826,521
Brazil501:4,281,487114,765
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Packness Last Name Facts

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

Packness occurs more in Denmark more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Packness? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,447,279th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Packness are found; 61 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name Packness is most common in Denmark, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 64,882. In Denmark it is primarily concentrated in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 90 percent reside and Region of Southern Denmark, where 10 percent reside. Besides Denmark this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 34 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Packness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Packness has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Packness last name contracted 40 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pacnes861/
Pacnis71375/
Paknys71110/
Paknis7166/
Pakėnis671/
Pakhnyts63165/
Poknis5751/
Peknez579/
Peknis571/
Pocneţ571/
Paknich531/

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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
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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 Packness
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