Kvalen Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Kvalen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 118 | 1:43,579 | 6,247 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kvalen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kvalen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kvalen occurs in Norway more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kvalen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,658,108th most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname Kvalen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Kvalen reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name is most frequently used in Norway, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 43,579. In Norway it is most numerous in: Western Norway, where 47 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 38 percent live and Central Norway, where 12 percent live. Aside from Norway Kvalen is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kvalen
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