Nelvig Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Nelvig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nelvig Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden261:378,72126,697
England51:11,143,612252,590

Nelvig Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nelvig is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nelvig click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nelvig? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,543,123rd most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name Nelvig is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Nelvig reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 84 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name Nelvig is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 378,721. In Sweden Nelvig is most numerous in: Västernorrland County, where 38 percent reside, Södermanland County, where 27 percent reside and Västra Götaland County, where 19 percent reside. Barring Sweden this last name exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nelvik8396/
Nelveg831/
Nõlvik6716/
Nolvik673/
Naluig672/
Nilvik672/
Nilveg671/
Nailevic572/
Nillevik572/
Nylvek502/

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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 Nelvig
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