Walhovd Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Walhovd Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walhovd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States891:4,072,572219,877
Norway511:100,82913,689
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Canada81:4,605,699220,704

Walhovd Last Name Facts

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

The surname Walhovd is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walhovd? popularity and diffusion

Walhovd is the 1,380,086th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The last name Walhovd occurs predominantly in Europe, where 39 percent of Walhovd reside; 39 percent reside in Northern Europe and 39 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 4,072,572. In The United States it is most frequent in: Iowa, where 13 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Minnesota, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The United States Walhovd occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 32 percent are found and Denmark, where 7 percent are found.

Walhovd Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Walhovd last name are 7.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.55% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Walhovd earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 4.56% more than the national average, earning 361,844 kr per year; in United States they earn 8.16% more than the national average, earning $46,668 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.28% more than the national average, earning $58,766 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Valhovd8646/
Walhof77426/
Waslov7723/
Watlov7710/
Balhov774/
Wallov771/
Walhoff7195/
Vallhov7112/
Wallhof7111/
Volhovd717/
Wallova713/
Wallhav712/
Wahlova711/
Valov677,998/
Balov672,138/
Walow67611/
Wolov6750/
Wallhoff6741/
Walof672/
Walav671/
Walob671/
Ualov671/

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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 Walhovd
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