Heiðar Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Heiðar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 15 | 1:25,339 | 1,935 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Heiar (343) are calculated separately.
Heiðar (379) may also be a first name.
Heiðar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heiðar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Heiðar occurs in Iceland more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Heiar. For other potential spellings of Heiðar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Heiðar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Heiðar occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Heiðar reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 445,512th most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 379 people.
This surname is most numerous in Iceland, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 25,339. In Iceland Heiðar is most numerous in: Capital Region, where 93 percent live and Southern Peninsula, where 7 percent live. Aside from Iceland Heiðar occurs in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 6 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Heiðar
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