Svantesen Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Svantesen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Svantesen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway371:138,98117,684
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Svantesen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Svantesen is held by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Svantesen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Svantesen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,185,033rd most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Svantesen reside; 97 percent reside in Northern Europe and 97 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Svantesen is most widespread in Norway, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 138,981. In Norway Svantesen is most numerous in: Southern Norway, where 78 percent are found, Western Norway, where 14 percent are found and Eastern Norway, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Norway this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Svantesen Last Name Statistics demography

Svantesen earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 20.23% less than the national average, earning 276,051 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Svanteson8985/
Svantesson842,692/
Swanteson7851/
Sventeson781/
Swantesson749/
Zvantesson744/
Sventesson741/
Suanthean671/
Swantine591/
Suanthaisong57105/

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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 Svantesen
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