Törning Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Törning Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Törning Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden661:149,19310,483
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Torning (182) are calculated separately.

Törning Last Name Facts

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

The last name Törning is found in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Torning. For other potential spellings of Törning click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Törning? popularity and diffusion

The surname Törning is the 2,273,756th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. Törning occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Törning live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 149,193. In Sweden Törning is most common in: Stockholm County, where 38 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 26 percent reside and Halland County, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Sweden this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 3 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Torning95182/
Thörning9373/
Terning86270/
Tärning86119/
Tarning8634/
Törnäng8618/
Thorning80878/
Taarning8070/
Thärning8035/
Therning8031/
Ternning804/
Tharning803/
Tornin77107/
Tarnin7727/
Ternin7710/
Terneng716/
Tharnin711/
Ternien711/
Tarneng710/
Terninck6739/
Tornueng676/
Tarnienė672/
Terneeng671/
Ternen6217/
Tornen6214/
Ternön622/
Tornín622/
Tarnen621/
Taarnen575/
Thornen571/
Thernen570/
Ternynck53359/

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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 Törning
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