Rafteseth Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Rafteseth Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 89 | 1:57,778 | 8,270 |
| United States | 44 | 1:8,237,703 | 362,142 |
Rafteseth Demographics
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Rafteseth Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafteseth Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rafteseth is found in Norway more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafteseth? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,551,568th most numerous last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. Rafteseth is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Rafteseth are found; 67 percent are found in Northern Europe and 67 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 57,778. In Norway Rafteseth is primarily found in: Western Norway, where 84 percent reside and Eastern Norway, where 16 percent reside. Besides Norway this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent reside.
Rafteseth Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Rafteseth surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Rafteseth earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 22.38% more than the national average, earning 423,550 kr per year and in United States they earn 15.14% less than the national average, earning $36,616 USD 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 Rafteseth
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