Landsverk Surname

368,021st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 978 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Landsverk Surname User-submission:

Landsverk, meaning 'cultivated land', framed in by mountain and river. In the old days the name was "Landskverk", from kverk meaning 'land between the mountain and the river'. An alternative explanation is land work, meaning 'land that has been cultivated'.

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Landsverk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway5261:9,7761,057
United States4291:844,89364,474
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Landsverk Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Landsverk, meaning 'cultivated land', framed in by mountain and river. In the old days the name was "Landskverk", from kverk meaning 'land between the mountain and the river'. An alternative explanation is land work, meaning 'land that has been cultivated'.

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Landsverk refers to land that has been worked upon. Such land would have been found on a small farm.

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Landsverk Last Name Facts

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

Landsverk is more commonly found in Norway than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Landsverk? popularity and diffusion

The last name Landsverk is the 368,021st most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 7,451,478 people. The last name Landsverk occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Landsverk reside; 54 percent reside in Northern Europe and 54 percent reside in Scandinavia.

Landsverk is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is carried by 526 people, or 1 in 9,776. In Norway Landsverk is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 73 percent are found, Southern Norway, where 20 percent are found and Western Norway, where 6 percent are found. Besides Norway this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 44 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Landsverk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Landsverk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Landsverk last name expanded 3,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Landsverk Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Landsverk last name are 14.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.32% registered with the political party.

The amount Landsverk earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 13.12% more than the national average, earning 391,491 kr per year and in United States they earn 0.44% less than the national average, earning $42,959 USD per year.

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