Stefansson Surname
Approximately 1,617 people bear this surname
Stefansson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 848 | 1:11,612 | 1,018 |
| United States | 181 | 1:2,002,536 | 128,575 |
| Denmark | 151 | 1:37,382 | 3,890 |
| Iceland | 133 | 1:2,858 | 413 |
| Canada | 87 | 1:423,513 | 37,101 |
| Norway | 77 | 1:66,783 | 9,424 |
| Luxembourg | 33 | 1:17,592 | 3,875 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Faroe Islands | 3 | 1:16,333 | 1,308 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Stefánsson (2,123) are calculated separately.
Stefansson Demographics
Average Stefansson Salary in
United States
$44,958 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Stefansson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stefansson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Stefansson is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Stefánsson. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Stefansson? popularity and diffusion
It is the 246,025th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 4,506,831 people. Stefansson is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Stefansson live; 77 percent live in Northern Europe and 75 percent live in Scandinavia.
Stefansson is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 848 people, or 1 in 11,612. In Sweden it is most common in: Stockholm County, where 18 percent live, Skåne County, where 17 percent live and Västra Götaland County, where 11 percent live. Excluding Sweden it exists in 36 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent live and Denmark, where 9 percent live.
Stefansson Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Stefansson last name are 1.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.55% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Stefansson earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 3.48% more than the national average, earning 358,123 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.19% more than the national average, earning $44,958 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.02% less than the national average, earning $44,206 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stefánsson | 97 | 2,123 | / |
| Stefanson | 95 | 418 | / |
| Steffansson | 95 | 131 | / |
| Steffanson | 90 | 75 | / |
| Stefannson | 90 | 2 | / |
| Stephansson | 86 | 111 | / |
| Stefansen | 84 | 739 | / |
| Stefonson | 84 | 1 | / |
| Stephanson | 80 | 405 | / |
| Steffansen | 80 | 75 | / |
| Steefansan | 80 | 11 | / |
| Stefanshun | 80 | 1 | / |
| Steffonson | 80 | 0 | / |
| Stteefansan | 76 | 3 | / |
| Steephanson | 76 | 1 | / |
| Stephansen | 70 | 1,594 | / |
| Stephansan | 70 | 10 | / |
| Stephonson | 70 | 8 | / |
| Stifainsan | 70 | 1 | / |
| Stiffonson | 70 | 0 | / |
| Steephansan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stepheinson | 67 | 0 | / |
| Stephanjan | 60 | 2 | / |
| Stephonsen | 60 | 1 | / |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Stefansson
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