Erlingsson Surname

420,906th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 824 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Erlingsson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Erlingsson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland4221:901153
Sweden2921:33,7222,746
Denmark381:148,54513,026
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Norway211:244,87126,357
Faroe Islands121:4,083465
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Erlingsson Last Name Facts

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

Erlingsson occurs in Iceland more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Erlingsson? popularity and diffusion

The last name Erlingsson is the 420,906th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 8,844,109 people. The last name Erlingsson occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Erlingsson are found; 96 percent are found in Northern Europe and 96 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequently held in Iceland, where it is carried by 422 people, or 1 in 901. In Iceland it is mostly found in: Capital Region, where 65 percent are found, Southern Region, where 11 percent are found and Southern Peninsula, where 8 percent are found. Besides Iceland this surname occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 35 percent are found and Denmark, where 5 percent are found.

Erlingsson Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Erlingsson earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 88.35% more than the national average, earning 651,830 kr per year and in United States they earn 22.05% more than the national average, earning $52,662 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Erlingson9565/
Earlingson900/
Erlingssønn861/
Erlingsen8497/
Arling'son801/
Ehrlin Åkesson751/
Erlangsen7498/
Erlengsen740/
Erlin Agusna731/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Erlingsson
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