Hafstein Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Hafstein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hafstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland1101:3,455478
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Hafstein Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hafstein is more frequently found in Iceland than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hafstein? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,471,719th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Hafstein live; 78 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Hafstein is most commonly held in Iceland, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 3,455. In Iceland Hafstein is mostly concentrated in: Capital Region, where 96 percent are found, Southern Peninsula, where 3 percent are found and Southern Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Iceland this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Hafstein Last Name Statistics demography

Hafstein earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 12.12% less than the national average, earning $43,663 CAD per year.

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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 Hafstein
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