Palmesen Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Palmesen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palmesen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1031:49,9257,153
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Palmesen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palmesen is held by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palmesen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,795,579th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Palmesen live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most widely held in Norway, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 49,925. In Norway it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 53 percent live, Western Norway, where 37 percent live and Northern Norway, where 8 percent live. Other than Norway this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Palmesen Last Name Statistics demography

Palmesen earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 1.61% more than the national average, earning 351,661 kr per year.

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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 Palmesen
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