Kirkevold Surname

798,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 352 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Kirkevold Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kirkevold Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2211:23,2683,045
United States1271:2,854,007168,820
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Kirkevold Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kirkevold is found in Norway more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kirkevold? popularity and diffusion

It is the 798,040th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 20,703,255 people. The last name Kirkevold is primarily found in Europe, where 64 percent of Kirkevold are found; 64 percent are found in Northern Europe and 64 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Norway, where it is carried by 221 people, or 1 in 23,268. In Norway Kirkevold is most frequent in: Eastern Norway, where 89 percent are found, Western Norway, where 11 percent are found and Central Norway, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Norway Kirkevold is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 36 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Kirkevold Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kirkevold surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kirkevold earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 13.48% less than the national average, earning 299,427 kr per year and in United States they earn 6.63% less than the national average, earning $40,289 USD per year.

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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 Kirkevold
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