Kværness Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Kværness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kværness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway121:428,52437,411
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Kværness Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kværness is found most frequently in Norway. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kværness? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kværness are found; 92 percent are found in Northern Europe and 92 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most prevalent in Norway, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 428,524. In Norway it is mostly found in: Eastern Norway, where 75 percent live and Central Norway, where 25 percent live. Besides Norway this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 8 percent live.

Kværness Last Name Statistics demography

Kværness earn a lot more than the average income. In Norway they earn 37.57% more than the national average, earning 476,108 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kværnes9384/
Kvarness8819/
Kverness880/
Kværne8697/
Kvernes80271/
Kvarnes8021/
Kværnæs8015/
Kvarenes7537/
Kvaernes756/
Kvarneus756/
Kværna7119/
Kvarnesjö7114/
Kvarns713/
Caverness710/
Kivrins6737/
Kvarnäs6716/
Kværnøy676/
Kvarnås674/
Kivrans673/

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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 Kværness
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