Bredvold Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Bredvold Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bredvold Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway871:59,1078,442
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Bredvold Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bredvold is carried by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bredvold click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bredvold? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bredvold is the 1,736,881st most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Bredvold live; 79 percent live in Northern Europe and 79 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most prevalent in Norway, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 59,107. In Norway Bredvold is most frequent in: Eastern Norway, where 78 percent are found, Southern Norway, where 9 percent are found and Western Norway, where 6 percent are found. Barring Norway this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Denmark, where 1 percent are found.

Bredvold Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bredvold has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bredvold surname rose 220 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bredvold Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bredvold surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Bredvold earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 21.48% more than the national average, earning 420,407 kr per year and in United States they earn 1.9% less than the national average, earning $42,330 USD per year.

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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 Bredvold
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