Bjoroy Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Bjoroy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bjoroy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bjoroy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bjoroy is carried by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bjoroy? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 38 percent of Bjoroy reside; 38 percent reside in Northern Europe and 38 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This last name is most widely held in Norway, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 1,714,095. In Norway Bjoroy is most prevalent in: Western Norway, where 100 percent live. Excluding Norway it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 25 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.
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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
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