Sövig Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sövig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sövig 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
Sweden201:492,33835,486
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

The alternate forms: Sovig (24) are calculated separately.

Sövig Last Name Facts

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

Sövig has its highest incidence in Sweden. It may be rendered as: Sovig. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sövig? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Sövig reside; 95 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequent in Sweden, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 492,338. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 90 percent are found and Örebro County, where 10 percent are found. Other than Sweden it occurs in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 5 percent are found.

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
Sovig9324/
Savig8093/
Sevig8083/
Söveg8071/
Sövik807/
Sjövik7385/
Saevig7368/
Savigh731/
Soevig731/
Seveig730/
Schevig6712/
Schöbig671/
Schavig670/
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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 Sövig
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