Nordtveit Surname

723,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 402 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Nordtveit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nordtveit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3801:13,5321,554
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Nordtveit Last Name Facts

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

Nordtveit occurs in Norway more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nordtveit? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nordtveit is the 723,769th most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Nordtveit live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most prevalent in Norway, where it is held by 380 people, or 1 in 13,532. In Norway Nordtveit is primarily concentrated in: Western Norway, where 90 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 7 percent reside and Southern Norway, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Norway Nordtveit is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.

Nordtveit Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Nordtveit surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% being registered with the party.

The amount Nordtveit earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 5.36% less than the national average, earning 327,538 kr per year and in United States they earn 40.85% more than the national average, earning $60,775 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nortveit9412/
Nordtvedt89346/
Nordtvett891/
Nortvedt8298/
Northveth7817/
Northuitt671/
Northuis5991/
Northvay590/
Northouer561/
Northby5029/

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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 Nordtveit
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