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 held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brivik? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brivik is the 2,352,516th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 45 percent of Brivik live; 45 percent live in Southern Africa and 45 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 1,805,923. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 57 percent live, Western Cape, where 30 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent live. Excluding South Africa it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 41 percent live and Norway, where 8 percent live.

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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