Storøy Surname

746,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 385 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Storøy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Storøy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3841:13,3911,532
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Story (37,893) & Störy (3) are calculated separately.

Storøy Last Name Facts

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

Storøy occurs more in Norway more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Story or Störy. For other potential spellings of Storøy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Storøy? popularity and diffusion

The last name Storøy is the 746,827th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 18,928,691 people. Storøy occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Storøy live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly used in Norway, where it is borne by 384 people, or 1 in 13,391. In Norway it is mostly found in: Western Norway, where 56 percent are found, Northern Norway, where 15 percent are found and Eastern Norway, where 15 percent are found. Not including Norway this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Storøy Last Name Statistics demography

Storøy earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 6.96% less than the national average, earning 321,977 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Story9737,893/
Störy913/
Storey8344,404/
Storry83863/
Storay83212/
Sthory8348/
Stohry8342/
Storoy8330/
Stoery8328/
Storys838/
Stoury838/
Shtory834/
Storiy833/
Storzy832/
Sæterøy77166/
Storrey77108/
Østerøy7717/
Storhøi778/
Storycz772/
Storeys771/
Storeyt771/
Storroy771/
Sthorey771/
Storrøe771/
Stosray771/
Stotrey771/
Storeyd771/
Shtoury771/
Storeey770/
Storray770/
Store737,152/
Stary732,404/
Stora731,400/
Stori731,023/
Stury7358/
Stery7346/
Stáry731/
Storer6711,686/
Storie674,378/
Sterry672,257/
Starry671,351/
Storai671,139/
Staryy67994/
Steury67672/
Storri67476/
Storez67374/
Stouri67337/
Staryi67281/
Stores67269/
Storet67178/
Storre67150/
Stoeri67132/
Starey67111/
Sturey6776/
Storha6753/
Staroy6748/
Storoj6741/
Stariy6732/
Storij6730/
Shtora6729/
Staryh6727/
Stoira6725/
Sztora6725/
Storio6724/
Sztary6723/
Stoura6717/
Storaa6717/
Stoore6716/
Storiz6716/
Stohre6715/
Storza6715/
Storzi6715/
Staray6712/
Sztore6712/
Sturry6711/
Starzy6710/
Stoere679/
Storge676/
Storis676/
Staryś676/
Storeh675/
Storea674/
Stūrys674/
Sturys674/
Shtery674/
Storra673/
Steery673/
Storee672/
Shtori672/
Sturoy672/
Steriy672/
Storep672/
Sturzy672/
Stored671/
Stoire671/
Storeu671/
Storoa671/
Stotri671/
Sthery671/
Sterey671/
Stuury671/
Storgi671/
Starys671/
Sztori671/
Sztáry671/
Starhy670/
Storid670/
Stoure670/

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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 Storøy
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