Rafnsdottir Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Rafnsdottir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rafnsdottir 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
Iceland31:126,6975,403
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Rafnsdóttir (277) are calculated separately.

Rafnsdottir Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rafnsdottir is more commonly found in Iceland than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Rafnsdóttir. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rafnsdottir? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,063,924th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Rafnsdottir live; 70 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widespread in Iceland, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 126,697. In Iceland Rafnsdottir is mostly found in: Capital Region, where 33 percent live, Eastern Region, where 33 percent live and Southern Peninsula, where 33 percent live. Apart from Iceland this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent live and Denmark, where 20 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
Rafnsdóttir97277/
Hrafnsdottir9634/
Rafnsdotter911/
Hrafnsdóttir87117/
Þorfinnsdóttir7241/
Raffenstetter6719/
Raffenstätter671/

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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 Rafnsdottir
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