Velvet Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Velvet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Velvet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1171:1,514,04157,594
Jamaica191:151,0505,132
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Velvet (5,326) may also be a first name.

Velvet Last Name Facts

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

Velvet (Russian: Вельвет) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Velvet? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,409,418th most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name Velvet occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Velvet live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Velvet is also the 92,467th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 5,326 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 1,514,041. In Nigeria Velvet is primarily found in: Rivers, where 80 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 12 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Jamaica, where 12 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.

Velvet Last Name Statistics demography

Velvet earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 6.9% less than the national average, earning $46,253 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Velvett9251/
Velvets922/
Velve91210/
Velvette863/
Velves83108/
Velver8365/
Velvez8360/
Volvet8343/
Belvet8329/
Vilvet8318/
Valvet8317/
Velvie830/
Velvey830/
Belvett7783/
Velleve771/
Velvech771/
Vilvest771/
Velva73126/
Welve7334/
Belve7313/
Vilve7313/
Velvi736/
Velvy734/
Velvé731/
Villevet7149/
Velviste7112/
Belvette7110/
Vuelva67238/
Falvet67134/
Velvis67116/
Vilver67102/
Valuet6794/
Valved6732/
Voluet6723/
Belvey6717/
Vilvey676/
Flevet674/
Belvit674/
Vilves673/
Vilvhe671/
Veilva671/
Beilve671/
Velvai671/
Velviz671/
Belved671/
Vilvez671/

Velvet Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Velvet in the Russian language
Вельветvelvet-

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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 Velvet
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