Kvåle Surname
Approximately 821 people bear this surname
Kvåle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 814 | 1:6,317 | 643 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Kvåle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kvåle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kvåle is held by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kvåle? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kvåle is the 422,155th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 8,876,426 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kvåle are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name Kvåle is most widespread in Norway, where it is held by 814 people, or 1 in 6,317. In Norway it is most prevalent in: Western Norway, where 50 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 22 percent reside and Southern Norway, where 13 percent reside. Barring Norway this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 0 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kvåle
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