Kvis Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Kvis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kvis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia381:279,82836,495
Finland111:499,70030,478
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kvís (3) are calculated separately.

Kvis (15) may also be a first name.

Kvis Last Name Facts

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

Kvis (Russian: Квис) occurs more in Czechia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Kvís. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kvis? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,506,728th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Kvis are found; 68 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 64 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most widespread forename world-wide, held by 15 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Czechia, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 279,828. In Czechia Kvis is primarily concentrated in: Prague, where 26 percent reside, Central Bohemian Region, where 24 percent reside and Moravian-Silesian Region, where 13 percent reside. Beside Czechia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 19 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kvís923/
Kvish8910/
Kvies896/
Kvais891/
Åkvist8095/
Kvisth8020/
Khvist8012/
Khvais803/
Khveis802/
Kvishe801/
Økvist801/
Kvistø801/
Kviz75126/
Kves7539/
Kvys7519/
Qvis751/
Kvix751/
Kbis751/
Kvisová7339/
Kvisova732/
Khveish731/
Qvist673,408/
Kbish67550/
Kbeis67173/
Kvich6781/
Khves6775/
Kvaić6724/
Hggkvist676/
Khwis675/
Kbais673/
Høgkvist672/
Kőves671/
Kvess671/
Kvays671/

Kvis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kvis in the Russian language
Квисkvis-

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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 Kvis
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