Reknes Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Reknes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Reknes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1641:31,3554,345
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Reknes Last Name Facts

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

Reknes is borne by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Reknes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Reknes is the 1,333,288th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Reknes live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widespread in Norway, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 31,355. In Norway Reknes is mostly concentrated in: Western Norway, where 79 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 15 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 3 percent are found. Not including Norway this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent are found and Mongolia, where 1 percent are found.

Reknes Last Name Statistics demography

Reknes earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 7.81% less than the national average, earning 319,042 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raknes83620/
Roknes832/
Reknis831/
Rakness7791/
Raknesh774/
Riknesh771/
Røykenes7155/
Rockness7154/
Reikenis7114/
Recennes710/
Requennes671/
Reitknecht6359/
Ricknäs6217/
Roknish621/
Reithknecht5912/
Ricnetts572/
Racknish571/
Rajknecht5312/

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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 Reknes
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