Grímsdóttir Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Grímsdóttir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 162 | 1:2,346 | 358 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Grimsdottir (25) are calculated separately.
Grímsdóttir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grímsdóttir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grímsdóttir is more frequently found in Iceland than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Grimsdottir. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Grímsdóttir? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,333,288th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. Grímsdóttir occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Grímsdóttir are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname Grímsdóttir is most frequently occurring in Iceland, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 2,346. In Iceland Grímsdóttir is most prevalent in: Capital Region, where 65 percent reside, Southern Region, where 17 percent reside and Southern Peninsula, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Iceland it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 1 percent reside and The Faroe Islands, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsdottir | 94 | 25 | / |
| Gormsdóttir | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gromsdotter | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kramesteter | 55 | 18 | / |
| Kramasteter | 55 | 16 | / |
| Cramesteter | 55 | 3 | / |
| Cramastetter | 52 | 3 | / |
| Cramestetter | 52 | 1 | / |
| Carmos Dutra | 52 | 1 | / |
| Groemstedder | 52 | 0 | / |
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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 Grímsdóttir
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