Högnadóttir Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Högnadóttir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Högnadóttir 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
Iceland951:4,001521
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Högnadottir (1), Högnadôttir (1) & Hognadottir (1) are calculated separately.

Högnadóttir Last Name Facts

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

Högnadóttir is held by more people in Iceland than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Högnadottir, Högnadôttir or Hognadottir. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Högnadóttir? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,882,912th most frequent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name Högnadóttir is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Högnadóttir live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequent in Iceland, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 4,001. In Iceland it is mostly found in: Capital Region, where 59 percent live, Western Region, where 9 percent live and Northeastern Region, where 7 percent live. Besides Iceland this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 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
Högnadottir971/
Högnadôttir971/
Hognadottir941/
Agnadóttir861/
Henadotter670/
Annadotter5710/
Agnedotter572/

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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 Högnadóttir
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