Siljan Surname

802,733rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 349 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Siljan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Siljan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1871:27,4993,760
Croatia1221:34,6617,092
Slovenia191:130,93012,952
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Šiljan (13) are calculated separately.

Siljan (425) may also be a first name.

Siljan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Siljan has its highest incidence in Norway. It can also be found as: Šiljan. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Siljan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 802,733rd most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 20,881,220 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Siljan are found; 55 percent are found in Northern Europe and 55 percent are found in Scandinavia. Siljan is also the 416,660th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 425 people.

The last name is most numerous in Norway, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 27,499. In Norway Siljan is most numerous in: Eastern Norway, where 89 percent are found, Southern Norway, where 9 percent are found and Western Norway, where 1 percent are found. Besides Norway Siljan is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 35 percent are found and Slovenia, where 5 percent are found.

Siljan Last Name Statistics demography

Siljan earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 1.76% less than the national average, earning 339,981 kr per year.

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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 Siljan
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