Samuelsdottir Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Iceland

Samuelsdottir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Samuelsdottir 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
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Samúelsdóttir (138) are calculated separately.

Samuelsdottir Last Name Facts

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

Samuelsdottir is borne by more people in Denmark than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Samúelsdóttir. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Samuelsdottir? popularity and diffusion

The last name Samuelsdottir is the 4,772,636th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Samuelsdottir live; 65 percent live in Northern Europe and 65 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most common in Denmark, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,128,943. In Denmark it is most common in: Region Zealand, where 100 percent reside. Not including Denmark Samuelsdottir exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 18 percent reside.

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
Samúelsdóttir95138/
Samuelsdotter922/
Sámalsdóttir724/

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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 Samuelsdottir
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