Scheving Surname

749,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 383 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Scheving Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scheving Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland1601:2,376365
United States1521:2,384,598147,132
Denmark381:148,54513,026
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
England11:55,718,059489,080
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

Scheving Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scheving is found most frequently in Iceland. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Scheving? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 749,861st most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 19,027,535 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Scheving live; 55 percent live in Northern Europe and 54 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most widespread in Iceland, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 2,376. In Iceland Scheving is mostly concentrated in: Capital Region, where 81 percent reside, Southern Peninsula, where 9 percent reside and Western Region, where 8 percent reside. Not including Iceland Scheving is found in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Denmark, where 10 percent reside.

Scheving Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Scheving last name are 36.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 89.47% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Scheving earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 6.48% less than the national average, earning 323,646 kr per year; in United States they earn 14.36% more than the national average, earning $49,347 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.98% less than the national average, earning $36,280 CAD 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
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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 Scheving
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