Jensdóttir Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Jensdóttir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 274 | 1:1,387 | 238 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Faroe Islands | 4 | 1:12,250 | 984 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Jensdottir (49) & Jensdottír (1) are calculated separately.
Jensdóttir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jensdóttir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jensdóttir occurs more in Iceland more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Jensdottir or Jensdottír. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jensdóttir? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jensdóttir is the 919,444th most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jensdóttir live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Jensdóttir is most widespread in Iceland, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 1,387. In Iceland Jensdóttir is most frequent in: Capital Region, where 61 percent are found, Southern Region, where 11 percent are found and Southern Peninsula, where 11 percent are found. Barring Iceland this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 2 percent are found and The Faroe Islands, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jensdottir | 97 | 49 | / |
| Jensdottír | 93 | 1 | / |
| Jönsdóttir | 90 | 1 | / |
| Heðinsdóttir | 82 | 4 | / |
| Jensdotter | 80 | 7 | / |
| Jensdatter | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jeansdotter | 76 | 3 | / |
| Heimsdóttir | 76 | 2 | / |
| Héðinsdóttir | 73 | 79 | / |
| Hågensdottir | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jimsdotter | 60 | 3 | / |
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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 Jensdóttir
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