Sletnes Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Sletnes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sletnes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway921:55,8948,011
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Sletnes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sletnes is most common in Norway. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sletnes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,894,523rd most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sletnes are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname Sletnes is most numerous in Norway, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 55,894. In Norway Sletnes is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 43 percent live, Western Norway, where 42 percent live and Central Norway, where 14 percent live. Beside Norway this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 2 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.

Sletnes Last Name Statistics demography

Sletnes earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 4.95% more than the national average, earning 363,211 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
  • 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 Sletnes
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