Thorsteins Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Iceland

Thorsteins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thorsteins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080

Thorsteins Last Name Facts

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

Thorsteins occurs most in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thorsteins? popularity and diffusion

The surname Thorsteins is the 5,812,366th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Thorsteins live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States Thorsteins is most common in: Illinois, where 57 percent live, Arizona, where 14 percent live and Florida, where 14 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Iceland, where 18 percent live and Denmark, where 9 percent live.

Thorsteins Last Name Statistics demography

Thorsteins earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 85.89% more than the national average, earning $80,208 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thorstens9512/
Thorsteinso951/
Thorsteinsoh911/
Thorstenso902/
Thurstens840/
Thurstans74173/
Thrustans745/
Thurstons741/
Thorez Dens671/
Thurstance60151/
Thrustance600/
Therasse-Denis581/

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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 Thorsteins
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