Ness is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ness
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ness

How popular is Ness?

Ness is common in United States.

Ness is ranked 15893 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Nesses plummeted by 0.1899078 per cent to 11037 since 2000 and slipped by 272 spots and ranked at 3272. The last name was found in around 37 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.88 94.73
Hispanic or Latino 1.93 1.32
Others 1.61 1.49
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1 0.53
Black 0.85 1.31
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.73 0.61
Ness is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Norway is ahead in terms of density. Around 33031 people have been found who wears Ness as their family name. Ness is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,868 Japan10
39,450 Moldova8
1,346 Bermuda6
114,007 Czech Republic4
23,165 Romania3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
10,329 Pakistan3
15,956 Venezuela3
16,136 Kenya3
2,967 Vietnam3
9,097 Wales3
13,552 Qatar2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
18,035 Egypt2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
40,064 Nigeria2
31,767 Greece2
7,299 Estonia2
6,900 Oman2
124,220 Italy2
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
6,212 Jamaica1
12,741 Ecuador1
15,162 Costa Rica1
3,071 Jersey1
5,467 Haiti1
31,584 Peru1
25,746 Finland1
37,779 Serbia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
2,578 Guam1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
17,575 Kuwait1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
16,073 Latvia1
5,924 Paraguay1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
24,421 Slovakia1
7,895 South Korea1
5,589 Sudan1
2,877 Cuba1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
8,371 Syria1
5,553 Taiwan1
7,110 Bosnia1
13,447 Uganda1
3,275 Nepal1
2,057 Myanmar1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
2,309 Monaco1
12,745 Luxembourg1
16,283 Lithuania1
19,810 Croatia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,548 Mauritania39
54,131 Spain34
9,620 Singapore30
233,817 Indonesia27
21,901 Chile27
43,019 Belarus25
4,647 Thailand21
23,914 Denmark20
69,202 Netherlands18
14,048 Ireland16
3,343 China13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,581 Sweden87
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
57,588 Argentina75
17,456 Switzerland63
3,881 Hong Kong59
29,438 Belgium52
43,380 Kazakhstan52
Countries with hundreds of Ness:
887 Scotland925
4,075 Australia741
14,257 France661
11,494 South Africa548
23,792 Brazil525
2,720 Israel424
12,659 Morocco403
38,077 Russia394
76,359 India326
13,215 Mexico314
3,418 Guatemala308
4,789 Tunisia297
24,102 Poland239
24,716 Turkey210
6,111 New Zealand123
47,193 Ukraine107
12,545 Austria105
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Ness:
1,854 Algeria3,392
176 Norway2,367
4,782 England1,543
3,092 Canada1,533
6,699 Germany1,412
12,203 Philippines1,224
Countries with ten thousands of Ness:
2,876 United States13,975
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Ness Namesakes

  • Robert R. Ness, Politician
  • Simon Nessman, Model
  • Asaad Nessim, Guitarist
  • John Van Ness Yates, Robert Yates' son
  • Tigilau Ness, Musical Artist
  • Bjarne Ness, Visual Artist
  • Arnfinn Nesset, Serial Killer
  • Brad Nessler, Sportscaster
  • Robert R. Ness, Politician
  • Mike Ness, Guitarist

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