Vikanes Surname

1,076,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 230 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Vikanes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vikanes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2231:23,0603,019
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080

Vikanes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vikanes has its highest incidence in Norway. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vikanes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Vikanes is the 1,076,574th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 31,684,982 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Vikanes reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most prevalent in Norway, where it is borne by 223 people, or 1 in 23,060. In Norway Vikanes is mostly found in: Western Norway, where 76 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 22 percent reside and Central Norway, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Norway this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Vikanes Last Name Statistics demography

Vikanes earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 3.53% more than the national average, earning 358,292 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vikenes8680/
Vikanis8628/
Wikanes8616/
Vikainis8024/
Viscaines751/
Vykhanets751/
Vikonis7128/
Vikenäs718/
Bikanis711/
Vikanaiz679/
Voykanis671/
Fykanets671/

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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 Vikanes
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