Heimisson Surname
Approximately 307 people bear this surname
Heimisson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 281 | 1:1,353 | 233 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Heimisson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heimisson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Heimisson is found most frequently in Iceland. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Heimisson? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 878,878th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. The last name Heimisson occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Heimisson live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in Scandinavia.
This last name is most widespread in Iceland, where it is held by 281 people, or 1 in 1,353. In Iceland Heimisson is mostly concentrated in: Capital Region, where 73 percent are found, Northeastern Region, where 7 percent are found and Southern Region, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Iceland Heimisson is found in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and Denmark, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Heimisson
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