Fosstveit Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Fosstveit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fosstveit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway951:54,1297,765
Sweden101:984,67673,605
United States91:40,273,215872,126

Fosstveit Last Name Facts

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

Fosstveit is held by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fosstveit? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fosstveit is the 1,710,039th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Fosstveit live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequently held in Norway, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 54,129. In Norway Fosstveit is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 51 percent are found, Western Norway, where 35 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 14 percent are found. Beside Norway this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Fosstveit Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Fosstveit earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 6.82% less than the national average, earning 322,485 kr per year and in United States they earn 2.43% more than the national average, earning $44,196 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fostveit9443/
Fosstvedt8954/
Fostvedt82200/
Fostviet821/
Vasstveit7864/
Vastveit7181/
Vestveit7118/
Fastovet715/
Fostevdt711/
Hvostovet675/
Fotvhi671/
Phoositvit636/
Fostoft633/
Fostevd630/
Vastvedt5913/
Feist-Fite531/
Viossat-Viotte521/

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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 Fosstveit
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