Brovig Surname

2,152,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Brovig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brovig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway601:85,70511,873
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England31:18,572,686338,250
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Brovig Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brovig is more frequently found in Norway than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brovig? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,152,526th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name Brovig occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Brovig live; 90 percent live in Northern Europe and 86 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Norway, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 85,705. In Norway Brovig is most frequent in: Southern Norway, where 68 percent reside and Eastern Norway, where 32 percent reside. Besides Norway it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Brovig Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brovig has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brovig Last Name Statistics demography

Brovig earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 15.49% less than the national average, earning 292,487 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brevig83852/
Brovik8327/
Brovic831/
Browig830/
Brzovic77137/
Brosvik77124/
Brovick7748/
Brevigh7710/
Brovisk773/
Brosvic772/
Braavig771/
Brgovic771/
Broswig771/
Brzovick711/
Brevik672,692/
Brovikova67191/
Bravik6773/
Brewig6736/
Bravic6722/
Broschwig6720/
Browik674/
Brovyk672/
Brávik671/
Brobik671/
Bravix671/
Brovek671/
Brottvick671/

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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 Brovig
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