Erlendsdottir Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Iceland

Erlendsdottir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Erlendsdottir 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
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Erlendsdóttir (291) are calculated separately.

Erlendsdottir Last Name Facts

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

Erlendsdottir is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Erlendsdóttir. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Erlendsdottir? popularity and diffusion

The last name Erlendsdottir is the 5,213,395th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. Erlendsdottir occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Erlendsdottir live; 86 percent live in Northern Europe and 86 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,406,680. In Sweden Erlendsdottir is most prevalent in: Stockholm County, where 43 percent reside, Östergötland County, where 14 percent reside and Skåne County, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Sweden this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 29 percent reside and Iceland, where 7 percent reside.

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
Erlendsdóttir97291/
Erlandsdotter8522/
Erlandsdóttir854/

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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 Erlendsdottir
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