Molvig Surname

1,129,067th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 214 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Molvig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Molvig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1231:41,8075,981
United States751:4,832,786249,377
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

Molvig Last Name Facts

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

The last name Molvig is borne by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Molvig click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Molvig? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,129,067th most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Molvig are found; 63 percent are found in Northern Europe and 63 percent are found in Scandinavia.

Molvig is most frequent in Norway, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 41,807. In Norway it is most frequent in: Eastern Norway, where 93 percent live, Western Norway, where 5 percent live and Northern Norway, where 2 percent live. Other than Norway Molvig is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 35 percent live and Sweden, where 3 percent live.

Molvig Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Molvig surname are 25.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.73% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Molvig earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 3.04% more than the national average, earning 356,589 kr per year and in United States they earn 38.32% less than the national average, earning $26,614 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Molvik83653/
Malvig8346/
Melvig8321/
Molvic831/
Mollvik773/
Moehluig710/
Malvik67410/
Mulvik6774/
Melvik6755/
Malvic6731/
Malwig673/
Malveg671/
Maluig671/
Mulwig670/
Mulveg670/

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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 Molvig
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