Ingves Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Ingves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ingves Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1571:35,0114,538
Sweden541:182,34712,605
United States431:8,429,278367,833
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Ingves Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ingves is carried by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ingves? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 940,398th most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. Ingves occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Ingves live; 79 percent live in Northern Europe and 79 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most common in Finland, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 35,011. In Finland Ingves is most common in: Ostrobothnia, where 71 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 9 percent are found and Åland Islands, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Finland it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 19 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.

Ingves Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ingves last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ingves earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 10.66% less than the national average, earning $38,549 USD per year and in Canada they earn 69.44% more than the national average, earning $84,184 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ingve9134/
Hingve83134/
Ingver83112/
Ingues8310/
Ingwes838/
Imgves831/
Ingwese774/
Yngveus773/
Engvest770/
Ingwe732,016/
Yngve73630/
Ingue73145/
Ingbe73141/
Igbes7322/
Igues735/
Engve734/
Ingvi731/
Igvis731/
Igwes731/
Egves731/
Hingue67170/
Hingwe67133/
Iguess6794/
Jingwe6768/
Yingwe6768/
Inguez6746/
Aigues6743/
Ingwee6742/
Engver6729/
Jingbe6727/
Jingue6723/
Yingue6717/
Yigues6717/
Engbes679/
Ingoue679/
Engvie678/
Inggue677/
Igwese676/
Ingwei673/
Inques673/
Igwesh673/
Aingbe673/
Inguea673/
Inguis673/
Engvej672/
Engues672/
Iongue672/
Ingwea672/
Yngues671/
Hengve671/
Inguey671/
Uingwe671/
Hingbe671/
Aingwe671/
Igwest671/
Ingbeh671/
Igueis670/

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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
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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 Ingves
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