Melvik Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Melvik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melvik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway501:102,84613,903
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Melvik Last Name Facts

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

The last name Melvik occurs more in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melvik? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,605,694th most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname Melvik occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Melvik reside; 91 percent reside in Northern Europe and 91 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most widely held in Norway, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 102,846. In Norway it is most frequent in: Northern Norway, where 64 percent live, Western Norway, where 22 percent live and Eastern Norway, where 10 percent live. Not including Norway this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Melvik Last Name Statistics demography

Melvik earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 24.16% less than the national average, earning 262,459 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melvick9215/
Mellevik865/
Molvik83653/
Malvik83410/
Melvig8321/
Milvik8315/
Melvic839/
Melvyk832/
Melvix831/
Malvick7799/
Målevik7710/
Mollvik773/
Mejlvig771/
Møllevik7197/
Millevik7112/
Möllevik711/
Molvig67214/
Malvig6746/
Milvek6736/
Maluik675/
Malwik673/
Milvic671/
Molvic671/

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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 Melvik
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