Skjetne Surname

737,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 392 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Skjetne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skjetne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3751:13,7131,570
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Skjetne Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skjetne has its highest incidence in Norway. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skjetne? popularity and diffusion

It is the 737,137th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 18,590,678 people. The last name Skjetne occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Skjetne live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most frequently held in Norway, where it is held by 375 people, or 1 in 13,713. In Norway Skjetne is most prevalent in: Central Norway, where 57 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 30 percent are found and Western Norway, where 12 percent are found. Besides Norway this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Skjetne Last Name Statistics demography

Skjetne earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 10.25% more than the national average, earning 381,554 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skjen830/
Skujiene803/
Skiene772/
Skyene770/
Skjenna7126/
Skieneh718/
Skhiene718/
Skiener712/
Skien67132/
Skujienė6754/
Skjoiten6728/
Skienner671/
Skietina671/
Skyen670/
Skehaine670/

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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 Skjetne
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