Tørset Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Tørset Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tørset Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1611:31,9404,447
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tørset Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tørset is more commonly found in Norway than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tørset? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,364,059th most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname Tørset is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Tørset reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequent in Norway, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 31,940. In Norway it is primarily found in: Western Norway, where 50 percent live, Central Norway, where 45 percent live and Eastern Norway, where 4 percent live. Aside from Norway this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Tørset Last Name Statistics demography

Tørset earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 16.2% less than the national average, earning 290,027 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tørseth9271/
Trse801/
Tråseth7732/
Trsit731,774/
Tørge734/
Trsea731/
Thrse731/
Trsee731/
Trser731/
Trses731/
Trseed673/
Trsees670/

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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 Tørset
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