Sveinbjörnsson Surname

823,466th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 337 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Sveinbjörnsson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sveinbjörnsson Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland3191:1,192207
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Sveinbjornsson (52) are calculated separately.

Sveinbjörnsson Last Name Facts

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

Sveinbjörnsson has its highest incidence in Iceland. It may be found as a variant: Sveinbjornsson. Click here for other possible spellings of Sveinbjörnsson.

How Common Is The Last Name Sveinbjörnsson? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sveinbjörnsson is the 823,466th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 21,624,765 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sveinbjörnsson live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most frequently occurring in Iceland, where it is carried by 319 people, or 1 in 1,192. In Iceland Sveinbjörnsson is primarily found in: Capital Region, where 55 percent are found, Southern Region, where 16 percent are found and Northeastern Region, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Iceland this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 4 percent are found and Denmark, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sveinbjornsson9852/
Sveinbjrnsson9612/
Sveinbjörnson961/
Sveinbjørnsson9346/
Sveinebjornsson902/
Sveinbjornson8962/
Svanbjörnsson8910/
Sveinbjørnson892/

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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 Sveinbjörnsson
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