Kvalnes Surname

793,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Kvalnes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kvalnes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2891:17,7932,209
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882

Kvalnes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kvalnes is more commonly found in Norway than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kvalnes.

How Common Is The Last Name Kvalnes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kvalnes is the 793,288th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 20,528,298 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Kvalnes reside; 85 percent reside in Northern Europe and 85 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most prevalent in Norway, where it is borne by 289 people, or 1 in 17,793. In Norway Kvalnes is most numerous in: Northern Norway, where 38 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 36 percent live and Western Norway, where 19 percent live. Excluding Norway Kvalnes exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Kvalnes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kvalnes last name are 40.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kvalnes earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 6.41% less than the national average, earning 323,891 kr per year; in United States they earn 62.78% more than the national average, earning $70,239 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.71% more than the national average, earning $59,474 CAD 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 Kvalnes
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