Seltvedt Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Seltvedt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seltvedt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:13,940,728505,428
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Seltvedt Last Name Facts

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

Seltvedt has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Seltvedt? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,882,373rd most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Seltvedt is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Seltvedt are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Seltvedt is most common in The United States, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 13,940,728. In The United States it is primarily found in: North Dakota, where 62 percent reside, South Dakota, where 19 percent reside and Michigan, where 15 percent reside.

Seltvedt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Seltvedt has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Seltvedt surname expanded 2,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Seltvedt Last Name Statistics demography

Seltvedt earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.57% more than the national average, earning $44,688 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seltvet930/
Seltveit88154/
Siltvedt8810/
Seltviet881/
Slettvedt8210/
Sletved8028/
Seltver802/
Schjeltved7818/
Slettvet7550/
Giltvedt7547/
Sletvett751/
Tjeltveit71222/
Gilthvedt7130/
Zseltvay6340/
Gilthbedt591/
Zeltvay5334/

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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 Seltvedt
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