Thorsvik Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Thorsvik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thorsvik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1071:48,0596,881
United States571:6,358,929302,882
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Thorsvik Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thorsvik has its highest incidence in Norway. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thorsvik? popularity and diffusion

Thorsvik is the 1,343,156th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Thorsvik are found; 64 percent are found in Northern Europe and 64 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently used in Norway, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 48,059. In Norway Thorsvik is most frequent in: Western Norway, where 36 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 30 percent reside and Central Norway, where 22 percent reside. Not including Norway this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 34 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Thorsvik Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Thorsvik surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered with the party.

The amount Thorsvik earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 4.02% less than the national average, earning 332,154 kr per year and in United States they earn 24.54% more than the national average, earning $53,739 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Torsvik931,056/
Thorsvig8838/
Torswick757/
Thorsbeck711/
Turzuik531/
Turcwik531/
Torjuek531/

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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 Thorsvik
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