Torvalds Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Torvalds Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 22 | 1:249,850 | 19,707 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Torvalds Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Torvalds Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Torvalds is found in Finland more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Torvalds? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,432,070th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Torvalds live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in Scandinavia.
This surname is most widespread in Finland, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 249,850. In Finland Torvalds is mostly found in: Uusimaa, where 95 percent reside and Southwest Finland, where 5 percent reside. Not including Finland Torvalds exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Austria, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Torvalds
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