Selfoss Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Selfoss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faroe Islands | 28 | 1:1,750 | 204 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Selfoss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selfoss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Selfoss is most common in The Faroe Islands. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Selfoss click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selfoss? popularity and diffusion
The last name Selfoss is the 3,602,217th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. Selfoss is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Selfoss are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name Selfoss is most prevalent in The Faroe Islands, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 1,750. Outside of The Faroe Islands it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 3 percent reside and Iceland, where 3 percent reside.
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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
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