Kartveit Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Kartveit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 142 | 1:36,213 | 5,127 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kartveit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kartveit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kartveit is found in Norway more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kartveit? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,441,361st most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Kartveit are found; 97 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This surname is most commonly held in Norway, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 36,213. In Norway it is most prevalent in: Western Norway, where 92 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 4 percent reside and Southern Norway, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Norway this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 3 percent reside and Denmark, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kartvedt | 88 | 49 | / |
| Kartvi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaartvedt | 82 | 1 | / |
| Karthvi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kortvedt | 75 | 47 | / |
| Kartviya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kartvy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kartbai | 67 | 30 | / |
| Kortvis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Korthvis | 63 | 1 | / |
| Quartves | 63 | 0 | / |
| Kerthvath | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kortbi | 57 | 814 | / |
| Kartby | 57 | 8 | / |
| Kortvy | 57 | 0 | / |
| Karthba | 53 | 4 | / |
| Kourtbi | 53 | 4 | / |
| Qartbeh | 53 | 3 | / |
| Cortbit | 53 | 3 | / |
| Cortves | 53 | 0 | / |
| Korthuis | 50 | 768 | / |
| Korthues | 50 | 87 | / |
| Cortbeth | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Kartveit
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