Olsvold Surname

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

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Greenland

Olsvold Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olsvold Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway861:59,7948,537
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Olsvold Last Name Facts

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

Olsvold has its highest incidence in Norway. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olsvold? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,765,740th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname Olsvold is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Olsvold reside; 81 percent reside in Northern Europe and 81 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most widespread in Norway, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 59,794. In Norway Olsvold is most numerous in: Western Norway, where 72 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 26 percent live and Central Norway, where 2 percent live. Apart from Norway this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Olsvold Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Olsvold last name are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80% being registered with the party.

The amount Olsvold earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 5.51% less than the national average, earning 327,009 kr per year and in United States they earn 10.48% less than the national average, earning $38,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olsvoll8655/
Olswold8648/
Alsvold8613/
Elsvold861/
Ulsbold7158/
Alsvoll715/
Olswald712/
Holcvald679/
Olswale574/
Elswald571/
Alsvall571/
Alshboul5334/
Holzwolth501/

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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 Olsvold
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