Kvål Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Kvål Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 170 | 1:30,249 | 4,174 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
Kvål Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kvål Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kvål occurs in Norway more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kvål? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,295,379th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kvål are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname Kvål is most widespread in Norway, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 30,249. In Norway it is most prevalent in: Central Norway, where 52 percent are found, Western Norway, where 33 percent are found and Eastern Norway, where 12 percent are found. Not including Norway this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Kvål
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