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There are approximately 2,483 people named Ness in the UK. That makes it the 3,804th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 39 are named Ness.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic


Related and similar surnames

Kness
Kneiss
Kniess
Knese
Kneese
Gness
Gneiss
Gniess
Gnese
Gnass
Gneses
Gnessi
Gneisz
Gneese
Gnesi
Gnesa
Gnesis
Gnase
Knesse
Kneass
Knaess
Kneess
Knesses
Knesz
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The Ness surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

t° NESS. A-Sax. and Danish, ness, Germ, nase, a nose ; also a promontory, as Dengeness in Kent, and tlie Naze in Norway. This occurs as a termination in several names, as Longness, Thickness, Filtness, which may refer to some peculiarity in the noses of the original hearers. More probably, however, they are local.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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