Hjörleifsson Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Hjörleifsson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 104 | 1:3,655 | 488 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Hjorleifsson (40) are calculated separately.
Hjörleifsson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hjörleifsson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hjörleifsson is held by more people in Iceland than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Hjorleifsson. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hjörleifsson? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,691,963rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. The surname Hjörleifsson is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Hjörleifsson are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name is most frequently used in Iceland, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 3,655. In Iceland Hjörleifsson is most frequent in: Capital Region, where 44 percent are found, Northeastern Region, where 19 percent are found and Western Region, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Iceland Hjörleifsson occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 5 percent are found and Denmark, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hjorleifsson | 97 | 40 | / |
| Hjørleifsson | 92 | 4 | / |
| Hjorleifson | 87 | 110 | / |
| Cheryllawson | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Hjörleifsson
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