Jônsson Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Jônsson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
The alternate forms: Jonsson (64,754), Jónsson (8,822), Jònsson (10) & Jõnsson (2) are calculated separately.
Jônsson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jônsson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jônsson is most common in Norway. It can also occur as a variant: Jonsson, Jónsson, Jònsson or Jõnsson. Click here to see other possible spellings of Jônsson.
How Common Is The Last Name Jônsson? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jônsson live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
Jônsson is most widespread in Norway, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 857,048. In Norway Jônsson is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 50 percent live, Western Norway, where 33 percent live and Southern Norway, where 17 percent live. Barring Norway this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Denmark, where 25 percent live.
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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 Jônsson
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