Skjelnes Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Skjelnes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skjelnes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1021:50,4157,222
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Skjelnes Last Name Facts

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

Skjelnes is held by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Skjelnes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Skjelnes is the 1,573,888th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname Skjelnes occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Skjelnes reside; 94 percent reside in Northern Europe and 82 percent reside in Scandinavia.

Skjelnes is most frequently occurring in Norway, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 50,415. In Norway it is most frequent in: Western Norway, where 55 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 18 percent live and Northern Norway, where 16 percent live. Beside Norway this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 12 percent live and The Netherlands, where 6 percent live.

Skjelnes Last Name Statistics demography

Skjelnes earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 9.33% less than the national average, earning 313,781 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skjellnes9425/
Skjelnæs882/
Skålnes8094/
Skalnes803/
Skolness7543/
Skelonis758/
Skaalnes756/
Skolones753/
Skellins750/
Sklans7115/
Sklens7112/
Skellions711/
Sekelanus711/
Skelionis711/
Sikelianos6734/
Skilins6726/
Skalins6718/
Seklins678/
Skolins676/
Sklinos674/
Sklenys672/
Suklins672/
Siklens671/
Skilens670/
Schielne631/

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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 Skjelnes
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