Sørheim Surname

384,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 924 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Sørheim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sørheim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway9121:5,638564
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Srheim (14) are calculated separately.

Sørheim Last Name Facts

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

Sørheim is most common in Norway. It can be found as a variant: Srheim. Click here for other potential spellings of Sørheim.

How Common Is The Last Name Sørheim? popularity and diffusion

It is the 384,654th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,886,954 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sørheim are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

Sørheim is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is held by 912 people, or 1 in 5,638. In Norway Sørheim is most frequent in: Western Norway, where 63 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 21 percent live and Central Norway, where 8 percent live. Not including Norway Sørheim occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 1 percent live and Ireland, where 0 percent live.

Sørheim Last Name Statistics demography

Sørheim earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 6.03% more than the national average, earning 366,934 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Srheim9714/
Sårheim86124/
Særheim8673/
Sørhein861/
Sørem8340/
Sreim838/
Sørreime8020/
Shreim77314/
Sreime779/
S'Reim771/
Srim731,424/
Srem73434/
Srieiam7178/
Schreim7115/
Sreeiam7113/
Srichim714/
S'Reime712/
Srachim711/
Shretim711/
Shrem67567/
Scrim67144/
Screm6799/
Sroem6783/
Shrim6766/
Srein6747/
Sraem6728/
Zreim6721/
Sriem6717/
Sroychim6715/
Jørem6714/
Srime6710/
Sreem678/
Sream673/
Srham673/
Sreum671/
Szrem671/
Srahm671/
Sraim671/
Jrhem671/
Sreym671/
Srimd671/
Sroichim671/

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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 Sørheim
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