Sjövall Surname

475,239th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 704 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sjövall Surname User-submission:

The Sjövall surname comes from the Swedish words sjö, meaning 'lake', and vall, meaning 'mound'.

Sjövall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden5191:18,9731,592
Finland1681:32,7184,301
Estonia121:110,15019,471
England11:55,718,059489,080
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Sjovall (101) are calculated separately.

Sjövall Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Sjövall surname comes from the Swedish words sjö, meaning 'lake', and vall, meaning 'mound'.

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Sjövall Last Name Facts

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

Sjövall is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Sjovall. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sjövall? popularity and diffusion

Sjövall is the 475,239th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,351,628 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sjövall are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequent in Sweden, where it is held by 519 people, or 1 in 18,973. In Sweden it is most common in: Skåne County, where 33 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 22 percent reside and Västra Götaland County, where 12 percent reside. Besides Sweden this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 24 percent reside and Estonia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sjovall95101/
Sövall921/
Sjöwall86120/
Sjövald8614/
Sjövoll864/
Savall771,470/
Sevall77118/
Sovall772/
Sjeval771/
Saveall71178/
Sjowall7130/
Sjövold7121/
Savaill7117/
Åsevall7110/
Seveall715/
Sjovoll711/
Soveall710/
Saval676,898/
Seval673,071/
Soval67124/
Sjawallh671/
Schavall670/

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