Hoftvedt Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Hoftvedt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hoftvedt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1051:48,9747,020
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Hoftvedt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hoftvedt is found most in Norway. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Hoftvedt.

How Common Is The Last Name Hoftvedt? popularity and diffusion

Hoftvedt is the 1,765,740th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. Hoftvedt occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Hoftvedt live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Scandinavia.

Hoftvedt is most common in Norway, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 48,974. In Norway it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 97 percent live, Western Norway, where 2 percent live and Southern Norway, where 1 percent live. Outside of Norway this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live.

Hoftvedt Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Hoftvedt earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 4% more than the national average, earning 359,923 kr per year and in United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heftved8014/
Huftveet751/
Hoftuft6714/
Heftvadi6315/
Hovtva57343/
Huftoft531/
Håvetoft504/

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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 Hoftvedt
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