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

Siljan occurs more in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Šiljan. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Siljan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 802,733rd most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 20,881,220 people. The last name Siljan occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Siljan reside; 55 percent reside in Northern Europe and 55 percent reside in Scandinavia. Siljan is also the 416,660th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 425 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Norway, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 27,499. In Norway Siljan is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 89 percent live, Southern Norway, where 9 percent live and Western Norway, where 1 percent live. Outside of Norway this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 35 percent live and Slovenia, where 5 percent live.

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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