Wærness Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Wærness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wærness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway931:55,2937,928
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wærness Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wærness is found most frequently in Norway. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wærness click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wærness? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,765,740th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Wærness live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most widespread in Norway, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 55,293. In Norway Wærness is primarily concentrated in: Central Norway, where 43 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 31 percent are found and Western Norway, where 11 percent are found. Other than Norway this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 10 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.

Wærness Last Name Statistics demography

Wærness earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 1% less than the national average, earning 342,624 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wærnes92353/
Værness865/
Værnes77424/
Wrånes779/
Brnes6736/
Brenneiss632/
Børnes62194/
Bårnes62115/
Brnesh6225/
Vrånes6210/
Vårnes628/
Brnnes620/
Brennes5728/
Brønnes574/
Brinnes573/
Brenneis532,000/
Brehenes533/
Behernes533/
Brinneis531/
Vehernes531/
Wrnyz501/

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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 Wærness
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