Rekve Surname

1,129,067th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 214 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Rekve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rekve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1561:32,9634,617
Denmark231:245,42219,084
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Rekve Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rekve occurs more in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rekve? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,129,067th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Rekve reside; 87 percent reside in Northern Europe and 87 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most widespread in Norway, where it is borne by 156 people, or 1 in 32,963. In Norway Rekve is most common in: Western Norway, where 53 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 28 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Norway this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 11 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.

Rekve Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Rekve earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 42.3% more than the national average, earning 492,466 kr per year; in United States they earn 41.58% less than the national average, earning $25,208 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.56% less than the national average, earning $42,450 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reckver831/
Rekvy804/
Rekva802/
Rekhva7315/
Recves733/
Reikva732/
Rakvej731/
Rekkbie673/
Reaqvey671/
Rekhueh671/
Rokhveh671/

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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 Rekve
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