Torrissen Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Torrissen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Torrissen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1751:29,3844,055
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Törrissen (11) are calculated separately.

Torrissen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Torrissen is found most frequently in Norway. It may occur as a variant: Törrissen. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Torrissen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,276,805th most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Torrissen reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most prevalent in Norway, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 29,384. In Norway it is mostly concentrated in: Northern Norway, where 69 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 21 percent are found and Western Norway, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Norway Torrissen is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Torrissen Last Name Statistics demography

Torrissen earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Norway they earn 85.21% more than the national average, earning 640,984 kr 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 Torrissen
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