Borðoy Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Borðoy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faroe Islands | 17 | 1:2,882 | 339 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
The alternate forms: Boroy (524) are calculated separately.
Borðoy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Borðoy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Borðoy is borne by more people in The Faroe Islands than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Boroy. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Borðoy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Borðoy is the 4,427,875th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Borðoy is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Borðoy reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name is most commonly used in The Faroe Islands, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 2,882. Excluding The Faroe Islands Borðoy is found in one country. It is also found in Denmark, where 15 percent reside.
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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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