Faksvåg Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Faksvåg Surname User-submission:
The name is derived from Faksvaagen, the family homestead near Kristiansund North in Norway.
The first component is a personal name, old Norse, faxi, used either as a first name or more probably a nickname. It is derived from the old Norse, fax, meaning a 'horse mane'.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 103 | 1:49,925 | 7,153 |
The alternate forms: Faksvag (1) are calculated separately.
Faksvåg Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name is derived from Faksvaagen, the family homestead near Kristiansund North in Norway.
The first component is a personal name, old Norse, faxi, used either as a first name or more probably a nickname. It is derived from the old Norse, fax, meaning a 'horse mane'. Applied to a man, it would mean 'he with a shock of hair'.
The latter part of the compound name is from the old Norse, vagr, or vaag, meaning 'bay'. This is a common component in Norway for farms on bays.
The name therefore means 'Faxi's bay'.
Source: The Foxvog Saga by Donald R Foxvog (c)1959
- dfoxvogFaksvåg Demographics
Average Faksvåg Salary in
Norway
378,545 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Faksvåg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faksvåg Come From? nationality or country of origin
Faksvåg is most common in Norway. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Faksvag. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faksvåg? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,817,111th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Faksvåg are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This surname is most widely held in Norway, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 49,925. In Norway it is most numerous in: Western Norway, where 47 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 33 percent reside and Central Norway, where 15 percent reside.
Faksvåg Last Name Statistics demography
Faksvåg earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 9.38% more than the national average, earning 378,545 kr per year.
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