Smelvær Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Smelvær Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smelvær Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway501:102,84613,903
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
England11:55,718,059489,080

Smelvær Last Name Facts

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

The last name Smelvær is found most in Norway. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Smelvær? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,661,929th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Smelvær live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequently used in Norway, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 102,846. In Norway Smelvær is most frequent in: Western Norway, where 94 percent live, Central Norway, where 2 percent live and Eastern Norway, where 2 percent live. Beside Norway this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 4 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Smelvær Last Name Statistics demography

Smelvær earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 21.81% less than the national average, earning 270,606 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smuelover752/
Smelfer715/
Smalver711/
Smulever6727/
Smilever671/
Smaluvar671/
Swamulavari561/
Swamulavaru561/
Swamylavari561/
Smolover5323/
Smallfry532/

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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 Smelvær
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