Gottskálksson Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Gottskálksson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gottskálksson 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
Iceland361:10,558998
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

The alternate forms: Gottskalksson (2) are calculated separately.

Gottskálksson Last Name Facts

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

Gottskálksson is borne by more people in Iceland than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Gottskalksson. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gottskálksson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,228,735th most prevalent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gottskálksson reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

Gottskálksson is most widely held in Iceland, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 10,558. In Iceland Gottskálksson is mostly found in: Capital Region, where 78 percent reside, Southern Region, where 19 percent reside and Southern Peninsula, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Iceland Gottskálksson is found in one country. It also occurs in Denmark, where 3 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
Gottskalksson972/
Gottskalkson8816/
Gaskalkson700/

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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 Gottskálksson
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