Kvig Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Kvig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kvig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway661:77,91310,889
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Kvig Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kvig is held by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kvig.

How Common Is The Last Name Kvig? popularity and diffusion

Kvig is the 2,312,869th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Kvig are found; 97 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname Kvig is most commonly used in Norway, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 77,913. In Norway it is most common in: Northern Norway, where 79 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 15 percent reside and Central Norway, where 3 percent reside. Beside Norway this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 3 percent reside.

Kvig Last Name Statistics demography

Kvig earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 13.79% less than the national average, earning 298,345 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kvik75222/
Kvic752/
Cvig751/
Kvix751/
Kvick67903/
Åkvik6791/
Khvic6731/
Kåvik6727/
Kbeig6717/
Økvik6711/
Khvik677/
Kvike674/
Kvaic672/
Kviqq671/

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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 Kvig
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