Erlingsdóttir Surname
Approximately 399 people bear this surname
Erlingsdóttir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 389 | 1:977 | 167 |
| Faroe Islands | 5 | 1:9,800 | 861 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Erlingsdottir (33) & Erlingsdöttir (1) are calculated separately.
Erlingsdóttir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erlingsdóttir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Erlingsdóttir is held by more people in Iceland than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Erlingsdottir or Erlingsdöttir. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Erlingsdóttir? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 727,600th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 18,264,526 people. The surname Erlingsdóttir occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Erlingsdóttir live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
It is most commonly occurring in Iceland, where it is borne by 389 people, or 1 in 977. In Iceland it is mostly found in: Capital Region, where 59 percent are found, Southern Region, where 15 percent are found and Northeastern Region, where 11 percent are found. Beside Iceland it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Faroe Islands, where 1 percent are found and Denmark, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erlingsdottir | 97 | 33 | / |
| Erlingsdöttir | 97 | 1 | / |
| Erlingsdottier | 89 | 1 | / |
| Erlingsdotter | 85 | 11 | / |
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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 Erlingsdóttir
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