Thiersen Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Denmark

Thiersen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thiersen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa701:773,96753,253
Denmark91:627,19136,734
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Thiersen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thiersen is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thiersen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,091,648th most common last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Thiersen are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 773,967. In South Africa Thiersen is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 61 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 17 percent live and Gauteng, where 13 percent live. Outside of South Africa Thiersen is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 11 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Thiersen Last Name Statistics demography

Thiersen earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.21% more than the national average, earning R 399,720 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
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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 Thiersen
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