Molven Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Molven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Molven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway921:55,8948,011
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Molvén (1) are calculated separately.

Molven (38) may also be a first name.

Molven Last Name Facts

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

Molven has its highest incidence in Norway. It may also be rendered as: Molvén. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Molven? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,765,740th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Molven reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 91 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,662,754th most common first name globally, held by 38 people.

The surname Molven is most widely held in Norway, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 55,894. In Norway it is most prevalent in: Western Norway, where 63 percent reside and Eastern Norway, where 37 percent reside. Barring Norway Molven occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 6 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.

Molven Last Name Statistics demography

Molven earn notably more than the average income. In Norway they earn 16.05% more than the national average, earning 401,620 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Molvén941/
Molvein920/
Malven83134/
Melven83124/
Molvin83121/
Molvina7742/
Molving7722/
Melvein772/
Molvine772/
Melveen772/
Melvean771/
Malvent771/
Malvend771/
Molvain771/
Malvean770/
Malvesin7168/
Molvõgin711/
Moulvine711/
Mollvine711/
Molvaine710/
Melvin6734,413/
Malvin671,042/
MacEllven6740/
Molvinova679/
Malvén678/
Malvyn678/
Malvenova675/
Malvem672/
Mohielvin671/
Mallvisen671/

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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 Molven
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