Stefnsson Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Stefnsson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stefnsson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland551:6,911757
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Stefnsson Last Name Facts

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

Stefnsson is found most in Iceland. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Stefnsson? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,372,517th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname Stefnsson is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Stefnsson live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most numerous in Iceland, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 6,911. Apart from Iceland this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

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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
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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 Stefnsson
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