Raftevold Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Raftevold Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Raftevold 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
Norway561:91,82712,640
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
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Raftevold Demographics

Raftevold Political Affiliation
in United States

Sample size: 8 (2014)

United States
Average

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Raftevold Last Name Facts

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

The last name Raftevold is carried by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Raftevold? popularity and diffusion

The last name Raftevold is the 1,860,621st most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Raftevold live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most numerous in Norway, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 91,827. In Norway Raftevold is primarily concentrated in: Western Norway, where 68 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 30 percent live and Central Norway, where 2 percent live. Excluding Norway Raftevold occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent live and Sweden, where 3 percent live.

Raftevold Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Raftevold last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Raftevold earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 13.85% less than the national average, earning 298,145 kr per year and in United States they earn 8.84% more than the national average, earning $46,962 USD per year.

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
Raftevoll896/
Ruftevold891/

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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 Raftevold
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