Sjøl Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Sjøl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sjøl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway231:223,57824,793
Denmark61:940,78647,603

The alternate forms: Sjl (49) are calculated separately.

Sjøl Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sjøl is most common in Norway. It may also appear in the variant forms: Sjl. For other potential spellings of Sjøl click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sjøl? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,665,662nd most prevalent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. Sjøl occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sjøl live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Sjøl is most frequently used in Norway, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 223,578. In Norway it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Norway this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Denmark, where 21 percent live.

Sjøl Last Name Statistics demography

Sjøl earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 1.71% less than the national average, earning 340,153 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sjl9549/
Jøhl754/
Sjlh752/
Sdjl752/
Jølt751/
Sjlt751/
Sjzl751/
Sxjl751/
Hsjl751/
Schjøll7373/
Sjølett737/
Sl671,850/
Jl67218/
Shjel674/
Sjælø671/
Sdjel671/

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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 Sjøl
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