Øvre Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Øvre Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Øvre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1501:34,2824,836
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Vre (53) are calculated separately.

Øvre Last Name Facts

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

Øvre is found most in Norway. It can also be rendered as a variant: Vre. Click here to see other possible spellings of Øvre.

How Common Is The Last Name Øvre? popularity and diffusion

The last name Øvre is the 1,338,236th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Øvre are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name Øvre is most frequently held in Norway, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 34,282. In Norway it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 63 percent live, Northern Norway, where 21 percent live and Central Norway, where 12 percent live. Excluding Norway this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 9 percent live and The Faroe Islands, where 1 percent live.

Øvre Last Name Statistics demography

Øvre earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 0.64% more than the national average, earning 348,290 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vre9553/
Øvreås8078/
Vrey751,346/
Vree75853/
Øwre75288/
Vreš75213/
Vres75113/
Vret7534/
Vred7514/
Vrea756/
Vrez756/
Vreh754/
Vrei752/
Vrer751/
Vreÿ751/
Vrre751/
Vhre751/
Vrhe751/
Vrje751/
Vrech671,291/
Vreys671,208/
Vr67526/
Vrees67120/
Vress67110/
Vresh6768/
Vrije6759/
Værge6748/
Vreds6733/
Vreij6724/
Været6723/
Børre6723/
Øvrid6715/
Børge679/
Vreed675/
Vørre674/
Vrett673/
Vreić673/
Vrrea672/
Vrzea671/
Hvrea671/
Vresr671/
Vreat671/
Vreid671/
Vreïh671/
Vreis671/
Vretz671/
Vhrge671/
Vrets670/

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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 Øvre
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