Næs
surname · Latin script
Meaning: ness
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/nɛˀs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Næs is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.
- NONorway1 in 12K(measured from records)
- NLNetherlands1 in 18Kas Nas
- SESweden1 in 24Kas Näs
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Næs itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 152 (measured from records)
- 1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,800 named Naes, est.
Highest-authority source
Norway
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Naes in NO Norway, SE Sweden, CD Congo - Kinshasa and 1 more and Nas in NL Netherlands.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
ness
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Næs counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 55K | — | Naes | 1 |
| NL Netherlands | 936as Nas | 1 in 18K | 936 | Nas | 38 |
| BR Brazil | 543as Nas | 1 in 390K | 543 | — | 1 |
| NO Norway | 446 | 1 in 12K | 446 | Naes | 12 |
| SE Sweden | 422as Näs | 1 in 24K | 422 | Naes | 11 |
| SY Syria | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 50K | — | Naes | 5 |
| FI Finland | 142as Näs | 1 in 39K | 142 | — | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Næs is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In ang, not, not at all
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Icelandic, nice, cool
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Otte Thott til Næsb. 1607(1607-1656)
- Christian Kittilsen Næsb. 1850NONorwegian politician (1850-1915)
- Olav Næsb. 1901NONorwegian philologist
- Halvor Næsb. 1927NONorwegian ski jumper (1927–2022)
- Thormod Næsb. 1930NONorwegian sport shooter
- Bjarne Næsb. 1955NONorwegian ski jumper
- Jónas Þór Næsb. 1986FODanish footballer
- Lív Næsb. 1988FOFaroese singer
- Anders Næsb. 1992NONorwegian association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 446 | #3,159 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 4 | #60,085 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Næs mean, and where does it come from?
- ness Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Næs?
- A machine transcription gives /nɛˀs/ (IPA) for Danish.
- In which country does Næs have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 thousand people named Naes in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Næs most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Næs is densest in Norway — about 1 in 12 thousand people — even though Congo - Kinshasa holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Næs?
- In Norway, the national register counted 446 people named Næs, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Næs?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/n%C3%A6sThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Næs”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.