Tuften Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Tuften Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuften Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway551:93,49612,846
Australia61:4,499,284146,780

Tuften Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tuften is carried by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuften? popularity and diffusion

Tuften is the 2,460,878th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name Tuften is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Tuften live; 90 percent live in Northern Europe and 90 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most widespread in Norway, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 93,496. In Norway it is most numerous in: Western Norway, where 75 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 24 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Norway this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 10 percent are found.

Tuften Last Name Statistics demography

Tuften earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 16.62% less than the national average, earning 288,578 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuftin8386/
Thuftin7711/
Tufting774/
Tuftina772/
Tuftyna771/
Tifthen770/
Thuftndt711/
Towten671/
Tubtin671/
Towtýn501/
Tivtin501/
Towtyn501/
Tiwtin501/

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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 Tuften
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