Birgisdottir Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Birgisdottir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birgisdottir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland771:4,936609
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Norway121:428,52437,411
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Birgisdóttir (1,011) are calculated separately.

Birgisdottir Last Name Facts

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

The surname Birgisdottir is most common in Iceland. It can appear as: Birgisdóttir. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Birgisdottir? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,649,806th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Birgisdottir reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Birgisdottir is most frequent in Iceland, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 4,936. In Iceland it is mostly concentrated in: Capital Region, where 96 percent are found, Southern Peninsula, where 3 percent are found and Northeastern Region, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Iceland Birgisdottir exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 12 percent are found and Norway, where 10 percent are found.

Birgisdottir Last Name Statistics demography

Birgisdottir earn a lot less than the average income. In Norway they earn 39.86% less than the national average, earning 208,126 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Birgisdóttir971,011/
Birgitsdotter884/
Borgesdotter751/
Beritsdotter673/
Borges Dutra5834/
Borges Teodoro5416/
Borges Teodorio521/

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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 Birgisdottir
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