Palsdottir Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Palsdottir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palsdottir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland1011:3,763500
Denmark201:282,23621,168
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Norway111:467,48139,375
United States71:51,779,848968,877
France21:33,211,361423,184
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Palsdóttir (1), Pálsdóttir (1,469) & Pàlsdòttir (2) are calculated separately.

Palsdottir Last Name Facts

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

Palsdottir occurs most in Iceland. It can be found in the variant forms: Palsdóttir, Pálsdóttir or Pàlsdòttir. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palsdottir? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,369,340th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name Palsdottir is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Palsdottir live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Iceland, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 3,763. In Iceland it is primarily found in: Capital Region, where 96 percent are found and Southern Peninsula, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Iceland this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 12 percent are found and Sweden, where 9 percent are found.

Palsdottir Last Name Statistics demography

Palsdottir earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 27.8% less than the national average, earning 249,873 kr per year.

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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 Palsdottir
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