Hesselvig Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Hesselvig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 184 | 1:30,678 | 3,179 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hesselvig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hesselvig Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hesselvig is held by more people in Denmark than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hesselvig? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,244,200th most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Hesselvig reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name is most common in Denmark, where it is held by 184 people, or 1 in 30,678. In Denmark Hesselvig is primarily concentrated in: Central Denmark Region, where 34 percent live, Region of Southern Denmark, where 21 percent live and North Denmark Region, where 17 percent live. Outside of Denmark this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hesselvik | 89 | 12 | / |
| Hessel Veiga | 86 | 2 | / |
| Hesslevik | 78 | 21 | / |
| Hasselvik | 78 | 10 | / |
| Hasselvåg | 78 | 2 | / |
| Hasselvach | 63 | 1 | / |
| Hazelfig | 59 | 1 | / |
| Husilovic | 56 | 5 | / |
| Hasalovic | 56 | 2 | / |
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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 Hesselvig
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