Rögnvaldsson Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Rögnvaldsson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rögnvaldsson 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
Iceland1221:3,115445
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

The alternate forms: Rognvaldsson (8) are calculated separately.

Rögnvaldsson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rögnvaldsson is held by more people in Iceland than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Rognvaldsson. For other possible spellings of Rögnvaldsson click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rögnvaldsson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,551,568th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rögnvaldsson live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most common in Iceland, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 3,115. In Iceland it is most frequent in: Capital Region, where 46 percent live, Northeastern Region, where 27 percent live and Northwestern Region, where 10 percent live. Beside Iceland this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 4 percent live and Norway, where 2 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
Rognvaldsson978/
Ragnvaldsson9292/
Røgnvaldsson926/
Rognvaldson8724/
Ragnvaldsen7874/

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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 Rögnvaldsson
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