Tomter Surname

584,278th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 536 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Tomter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tomter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3961:12,9861,487
United States1281:2,831,710167,846
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Tomter Last Name Facts

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

Tomter occurs most in Norway. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tomter.

How Common Is The Last Name Tomter? popularity and diffusion

Tomter is the 584,278th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,596,168 people. The surname Tomter is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Tomter live; 75 percent live in Northern Europe and 74 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most common in Norway, where it is held by 396 people, or 1 in 12,986. In Norway it is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 93 percent are found, Northern Norway, where 3 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 3 percent are found. Beside Norway it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Tomter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tomter last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Tomter earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 8.5% more than the national average, earning 375,491 kr per year and in United States they earn 3.1% more than the national average, earning $44,487 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thomter9240/
Tomte91816/
Thomte83231/
Tomthe8311/
Toumte8310/
Tomtey835/
Tonter833/
Tamter832/
Tomtei831/
Tomtee831/
Tomnteh779/
Tointer772/
Toumteu772/
Toomtee771/
Toumted771/
Tamtier771/
Tontere771/
Toumthe771/
Tonte73548/
Tomta73388/
Tamte73164/
Tomti7328/
Thoumted711/
Toontger710/
Tanter67457/
Thonte67234/
Tontea67149/
Tontey67142/
Thomta6766/
Tomtui6755/
Tonteh6752/
Tontei6733/
Toumta6727/
Tomtai6726/
Tointe6720/
Tounte6717/
Tamteu6713/
Tontje679/
Tontie679/
Tomtha678/
Tomthy677/
Toonte676/
Tontes675/
Thamthere674/
Tamtie674/
Tontee673/
Toumti673/
Tamnte673/
Tonthe672/
Tamthe671/
Thoumthee671/
Thoumthed671/
Toomta671/
Tatemnter671/
Tamtir671/
Toumté671/
Taamte671/
Tonteu671/
Tonnte671/
Tondte671/
Tomtis671/
Tontez670/
Tontet670/

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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 Tomter
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