Brivik Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Australia

Brivik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brivik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
Australia271:999,84158,390
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Brivik Last Name Facts

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

Brivik is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brivik? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,352,516th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 45 percent of Brivik reside; 45 percent reside in Southern Africa and 45 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Brivik is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 1,805,923. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 57 percent are found, Western Cape, where 30 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 41 percent are found and Norway, where 8 percent are found.

Brivik Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Brivik earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 30.73% less than the national average, earning 239,728 kr per year and in South Africa they earn 60.82% more than the national average, earning R 382,176 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Breivik923,181/
Britvik921/
Brevik832,692/
Bruvik83671/
Brivic8354/
Bryvik833/
Brivig830/
Breivikås8032/
Brevick77245/
Britvík7756/
Bretvik7756/
Britvic7720/
Breivig778/
Briwick775/
Brevisk770/
Breiwick71117/
Brettvik7135/
Braiwick7131/
Bretvick7114/
Brivkova716/
Brevikås712/
Brevig67852/
Bribek6716/
Brevic678/
Vrevik672/
Brevix671/
Brywik671/
Briwig671/
Brivec671/

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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 Brivik
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