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 held by more people in Iceland than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Scheving.

How Common Is The Last Name Scheving? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 749,861st most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 19,027,535 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 58 percent of Scheving reside; 55 percent reside in Northern Europe and 54 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most widely held in Iceland, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 2,376. In Iceland it is primarily concentrated in: Capital Region, where 81 percent reside, Southern Peninsula, where 9 percent reside and Western Region, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Iceland Scheving is found in 13 countries. It also occurs 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 Democrats than the national average, with 89.47% being registered with 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
  • 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 Scheving
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