Margeirsson Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Margeirsson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 51 | 1:7,453 | 793 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Margeirsson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Margeirsson Come From? nationality or country of origin
Margeirsson is held by more people in Iceland than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Margeirsson? popularity and diffusion
The surname Margeirsson is the 2,580,327th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Margeirsson live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname is most frequently used in Iceland, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 7,453. In Iceland it is most frequent in: Capital Region, where 55 percent live, Eastern Region, where 20 percent live and Southern Peninsula, where 14 percent live. Besides Iceland this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 2 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margeirson | 95 | 0 | / |
| Margerson | 90 | 17 | / |
| Margirson | 90 | 0 | / |
| Marjeirson | 86 | 0 | / |
| Margeerson | 86 | 0 | / |
| Marrgerson | 86 | 0 | / |
| Margireson | 86 | 0 | / |
| Morgerson | 80 | 103 | / |
| Margersen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maryerson | 80 | 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
- 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 Margeirsson
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