Alvang Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Alvang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 22 | 1:256,578 | 19,736 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Alväng (12) are calculated separately.
Alvang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alvang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alvang is held by more people in Denmark than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Alväng. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alvang? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,432,070th most widely held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Alvang reside; 91 percent reside in Northern Europe and 91 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Denmark, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 256,578. In Denmark Alvang is most frequent in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 91 percent are found and Region Zealand, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Denmark it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 24 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Alvang
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