Seljevold Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Seljevold Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seljevold Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway961:53,5657,688
United States161:22,653,683662,747
England11:55,718,059489,080

Seljevold Last Name Facts

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

The surname Seljevold is found most in Norway. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Seljevold? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,718,748th most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Seljevold are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 85 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequently used in Norway, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 53,565. In Norway Seljevold is most common in: Northern Norway, where 48 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 33 percent are found and Western Norway, where 17 percent are found. Other than Norway this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Seljevold Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Seljevold surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% registered with the party.

The amount Seljevold earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 16.19% less than the national average, earning 290,059 kr per year and in United States they earn 4.1% more than the national average, earning $44,917 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sellevold89318/
Seljevoll8994/
Solvold75156/
Silvold7514/
Selfeld752/
Selsøyvold745/
Sillevolde741/
Salvoldi71317/
Sielfeld7178/
Sellfeld7118/
Selfeldt715/
Salvoldo713/
Seelfeld711/
Seljeflot6769/
Siljevall6718/
Sielfeldt674/
Seelfeldt671/
Shelieval671/
Seliefeld670/
Selsøyvoll634/

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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 Seljevold
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