Sommerseth Surname

619,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Sommerseth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sommerseth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway4621:11,1301,244
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
England21:27,859,030389,889
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Sommerseth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sommerseth is carried by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sommerseth? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 619,831st most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,692,633 people. The last name Sommerseth is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Sommerseth are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 94 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname Sommerseth is most frequent in Norway, where it is borne by 462 people, or 1 in 11,130. In Norway it is most numerous in: Northern Norway, where 47 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 36 percent live and Central Norway, where 6 percent live. Beside Norway Sommerseth occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Sommerseth Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Sommerseth earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 6.16% less than the national average, earning 324,761 kr per year and in United States they earn 4.72% less than the national average, earning $41,112 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
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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 Sommerseth
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