Thorsberg Surname

1,144,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Thorsberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thorsberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway931:55,2937,928
Sweden741:133,0649,401
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Thorsberg Last Name Facts

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

Thorsberg has its highest incidence in Norway. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thorsberg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,144,405th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Thorsberg are found; 80 percent are found in Northern Europe and 80 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname Thorsberg is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 55,293. In Norway Thorsberg is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 89 percent reside and Western Norway, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Norway it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 35 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Thorsberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Thorsberg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Thorsberg surname expanded 4,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thorsberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Thorsberg last name are 40.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 87.5% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Thorsberg earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 16.22% less than the national average, earning 289,942 kr per year and in United States they earn 14.26% more than the national average, earning $49,304 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thoresberg951/
Torsberg9433/
Thorsborg892/
Thrysberg892/
Thorsburg891/
Thoresburg840/
Torsborg822/
Theresie Berg731/
Tersburg718/

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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 Thorsberg
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