Sigmundsdóttir Surname

1,079,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Sigmundsdóttir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sigmundsdóttir 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
Iceland2181:1,744286
Faroe Islands51:9,800861
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Sigmundsdottir (17) are calculated separately.

Sigmundsdóttir Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sigmundsdóttir is found in Iceland more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Sigmundsdottir. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sigmundsdóttir? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sigmundsdóttir is the 1,079,669th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 31,823,345 people. The last name Sigmundsdóttir occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sigmundsdóttir reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most widespread in Iceland, where it is borne by 218 people, or 1 in 1,744. In Iceland Sigmundsdóttir is primarily found in: Capital Region, where 61 percent live, Northeastern Region, where 11 percent live and Southern Peninsula, where 7 percent live. Not including Iceland this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Faroe Islands, where 2 percent live and Denmark, where 1 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
Sigmundsdottir9817/
Sigmundsdotter861/

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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 Sigmundsdóttir
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