Welsvik Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Welsvik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welsvik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway81:642,78647,258

Welsvik Last Name Facts

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

The surname Welsvik is found most frequently in Norway. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Welsvik? popularity and diffusion

The last name Welsvik is the 6,723,624th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Welsvik reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name Welsvik is most frequent in Norway, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 642,786. In Norway Welsvik is most prevalent in: Western Norway, where 88 percent live and Eastern Norway, where 13 percent live.

Welsvik Last Name Statistics demography

Welsvik earn more than double the average income. In Norway they earn 132.74% more than the national average, earning 805,481 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Belsvik86313/
Velsvik86123/
Wilsvik863/
Vellesvik7513/
Willesvik759/
Blesvik7159/
Vilsvik7129/
Belsvig7112/
Billsvik676/
Belswick672/
Welsbeck671/
Villesvik6357/
Huelsveck631/
Blswick571/
Bilswik570/
Wilsbeck5326/
Huelsbeck50197/
Villesvic501/

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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 Welsvik
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