Svihus Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Svihus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Svihus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2121:24,2563,207
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Svihus Last Name Facts

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

Svihus is most common in Norway. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Svihus? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,022,958th most common family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Svihus are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most prevalent in Norway, where it is carried by 212 people, or 1 in 24,256. In Norway Svihus is most prevalent in: Western Norway, where 91 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 8 percent reside and Central Norway, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account Norway this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Svihus Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Svihus earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 10.33% more than the national average, earning 381,828 kr per year and in United States they earn 65.31% more than the national average, earning $71,328 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shveihus861/
Sviu806/
Suihu731/
Sviju731/
Simphius710/
Shuihu672/
Suhihu671/
Sivaheswa531/
Sfahas501/

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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 Svihus
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