Bogadóttir Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Bogadóttir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bogadóttir Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland801:4,751589
Faroe Islands51:9,800861
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

The alternate forms: Bogadottir (7) are calculated separately.

Bogadóttir Last Name Facts

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

Bogadóttir is more frequently found in Iceland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Bogadottir. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bogadóttir? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,994,173rd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. Bogadóttir is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bogadóttir live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequent in Iceland, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 4,751. In Iceland it is most common in: Capital Region, where 86 percent live, Western Region, where 8 percent live and Southern Peninsula, where 4 percent live. Not including Iceland it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Faroe Islands, where 6 percent live and Sweden, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bogadottir977/
Boka Dottire731/

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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 Bogadóttir
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