Svinøy Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Svinøy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Svinøy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway311:165,88020,092
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Svinøy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Svinøy is more frequently found in Norway than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Svinøy? popularity and diffusion

The last name Svinøy is the 3,485,539th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Svinøy are found; 97 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 165,880. In Norway it is most numerous in: Western Norway, where 48 percent are found, Northern Norway, where 29 percent are found and Eastern Norway, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Norway Svinøy occurs in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 3 percent are found.

Svinøy Last Name Statistics demography

Svinøy earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 10.15% less than the national average, earning 310,956 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Svenøy8388/
Svinoy835/
Svinny831/
Svinay831/
Svinych775/
Svinaya772/
Svinney770/
Svini7323/
Swiny7321/
Suiny7316/
Svinh732/
Swiney673,008/
Žvinys67270/
Sveine67169/
Suiney6752/
Svines6738/
Zvinys6733/
Svaina6729/
Svinis6715/
Svenøe6711/
Svinge6711/
Svenoy677/
Shvini674/
Svínoy674/
Swainy672/
Sveina672/
Suinay672/
Svinni672/
Svaini672/
Svinný671/
Svaine671/
Shvyny671/
Ssvine671/
Sweiny671/
Svoina671/
Svinne671/
Svingi671/
Swinay671/
Zvinyi671/
Shwiny670/
Swisny670/

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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 Svinøy
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