Sjøtveit Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Sjøtveit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sjøtveit Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway361:142,84118,058
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
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  • Average Salary in:
    Norway

Sjøtveit Demographics

Average Sjøtveit Salary in
Norway

844,834 kr

Per year
Rank:
1,150 of 73,091
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00238282
Rank: 6,571 of 73,091
Percentage of national average salary:
244.11%
Sample size: 22 (2014)

Average Salary in
Norway

346,080 kr

Per year
Per month:
28,840 kr
Per week:
6,409 kr
Per day:
948 kr

View the highest/lowest earning families in Norway

Sjøtveit Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sjøtveit is most common in Norway. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sjøtveit? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,017,195th most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Sjøtveit reside; 86 percent reside in Northern Europe and 86 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most numerous in Norway, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 142,841. In Norway it is most frequent in: Eastern Norway, where 97 percent live and Southern Norway, where 3 percent live. Aside from Norway Sjøtveit occurs in one country. It is also common in Israel, where 14 percent live.

Sjøtveit Last Name Statistics demography

Sjøtveit earn more than double the average income. In Norway they earn 144.12% more than the national average, earning 844,834 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sjøtvedt886/
Sætveit8055/
Åstveit8045/
Søtvedt8031/
Østtveit7551/
Østvedt6748/
Såtvedt6743/
Åstvedt6718/
Sætvedt6713/
Stve674/
Stvieth671/
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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 Sjøtveit
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