Melkvik Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Melkvik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melkvik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway841:61,2188,720
United States171:21,321,114641,998

Melkvik Last Name Facts

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

The last name Melkvik is carried by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Melkvik.

How Common Is The Last Name Melkvik? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,839,022nd most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Melkvik reside; 83 percent reside in Northern Europe and 83 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most widely held in Norway, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 61,218. In Norway Melkvik is primarily concentrated in: Central Norway, where 63 percent live, Western Norway, where 21 percent live and Eastern Norway, where 11 percent live. Not including Norway this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live.

Melkvik Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Melkvik earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 9.5% less than the national average, earning 313,205 kr per year and in United States they earn 66.54% less than the national average, earning $14,438 USD per year.

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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 Melkvik
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