Sandvær Surname

1,104,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Sandvær Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sandvær Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2191:23,4813,080
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882

Sandvær Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sandvær is held by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sandvær? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,104,724th most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sandvær are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequently held in Norway, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 23,481. In Norway Sandvær is most prevalent in: Northern Norway, where 50 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 22 percent reside and Western Norway, where 21 percent reside. Outside of Norway this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Denmark, where 1 percent reside.

Sandvær Last Name Statistics demography

Sandvær earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 24.1% less than the national average, earning 262,682 kr per year.

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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 Sandvær
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