Jostedal Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Jostedal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Jostedal 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
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Jostedal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jostedal occurs more in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Jostedal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jostedal? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jostedal are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most common in Sweden, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 820,563. In Sweden Jostedal is most common in: Halland County, where 92 percent live and Västra Götaland County, where 8 percent live. Excluding Sweden it exists in one country. It is also common in Norway, where 8 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
Jost dal881/
Juste dal822/
Castedal756/
Jsteidel751/
Justi dal711/
Eatedal671/
Sotidal671/
Eatedall631/
Justi Dalla631/
Catuidal501/
Jesseadidela501/
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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 Jostedal
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