Olvedal Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Olvedal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Olvedal 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
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Olvedal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olvedal is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Olvedal? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Olvedal live; 91 percent live in Northern Europe and 91 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 984,676. In Sweden Olvedal is most common in: Blekinge County, where 70 percent live, Stockholm County, where 20 percent live and Norrbotten County, where 10 percent live. Other than Sweden this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Argentina, where 9 percent live.

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
Ulvedal86191/
Elvedal8654/
Alvedal8616/
Älvedal8610/
Elvedahl8032/
Ulvedaal8030/
Alvedahl8012/
Ulvedahl802/
Ulvedale801/
Alvidal711/
Albedal711/
Halbedal670/
Alwadal571/
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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 Olvedal
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