Leifsdóttir Surname
Approximately 352 people bear this surname
Leifsdóttir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 339 | 1:1,121 | 190 |
| Faroe Islands | 6 | 1:8,166 | 786 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Leifsdottir (37) & Leifsdôttir (2) are calculated separately.
Leifsdóttir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leifsdóttir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leifsdóttir is held by more people in Iceland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Leifsdottir or Leifsdôttir. Click here for other possible spellings of Leifsdóttir.
How Common Is The Last Name Leifsdóttir? popularity and diffusion
The surname Leifsdóttir is the 798,040th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,703,255 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Leifsdóttir reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.
It is most prevalent in Iceland, where it is held by 339 people, or 1 in 1,121. In Iceland Leifsdóttir is mostly concentrated in: Capital Region, where 61 percent reside, Northeastern Region, where 10 percent reside and Southern Region, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Iceland Leifsdóttir exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Faroe Islands, where 2 percent reside and Denmark, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leifsdottir | 97 | 37 | / |
| Leifsdôttir | 97 | 2 | / |
| Leivsdóttir | 91 | 5 | / |
| Levisdóttir | 91 | 3 | / |
| Leifsdotter | 82 | 34 | / |
| Levísdóttir | 82 | 2 | / |
| Leivsdottir | 82 | 2 | / |
| Leifsdatter | 82 | 1 | / |
| Levisdotter | 73 | 1 | / |
| Livsdatter | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lavesdotter | 64 | 1 | / |
| Leivas Dutra | 61 | 1 | / |
| Le Huffstetter | 56 | 1 | / |
| Leivas de Otero | 54 | 1 | / |
| Luvisotto Dr | 52 | 1 | / |
| L'Hoffstetter | 50 | 1 | / |
| L Hoffstetter | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Leifsdóttir
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