Hjaltadottir Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Hjaltadottir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Hjaltadottir 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
Iceland251:15,2041,298
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Hjaltadóttir (408) are calculated separately.

Hjaltadottir Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hjaltadottir is found most frequently in Iceland. It can be found as: Hjaltadóttir. Click here for other potential spellings of Hjaltadottir.

How Common Is The Last Name Hjaltadottir? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,808,717th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 79 percent of Hjaltadottir live; 75 percent live in Northern Europe and 75 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most common in Iceland, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 15,204. In Iceland Hjaltadottir is mostly concentrated in: Capital Region, where 92 percent live, Northwestern Region, where 4 percent live and Southern Peninsula, where 4 percent live. Not including Iceland Hjaltadottir is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 13 percent live and Norway, where 10 percent live.

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
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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 Hjaltadottir
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