Solving Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Solving Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Solving Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden201:492,33835,486
Denmark101:564,47234,222
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

The alternate forms: Sölving (30) are calculated separately.

Solving Last Name Facts

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

The last name Solving is found most in Sweden. It can appear in the variant forms: Sölving. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Solving? popularity and diffusion

The surname Solving is the 3,141,416th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Solving reside; 77 percent reside in Northern Europe and 77 percent reside in Scandinavia.

Solving is most frequent in Sweden, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 492,338. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Västra Götaland County, where 95 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 5 percent are found. Not including Sweden this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 26 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sölving9530/
Solvin92153/
Scholving8834/
Selving8617/
Solvina8614/
Colving866/
Solvien864/
Solvind863/
Sholvin861/
Salvaing80203/
Scholvin80173/
Shelving8016/
Cholving802/
Scalving800/
Salvin771,474/
Solven77100/
Scholvien7538/
Jalving71756/
Cholvin71175/
Salvina71153/
Scholvinck7161/
Shalvin7139/
Salvain7132/
Solveen7124/
Salvine7118/
Sollvén7114/
Sallvin715/
Solvent714/
Sholven714/
Solwein712/
Salvien711/
Calving711/
Salvion711/
Salvinq711/
Jalvingh67134/
Scholven67102/
Salbaing6749/
Solvesen679/
Schalvin672/
Shalvina672/
Shalvine672/
D'Salvin671/
Salbeing671/
Salvaint671/
Colvinnc671/
Cahlving671/

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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 Solving
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