Sveinn Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Sveinn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
Sveinn (1,518) may also be a first name.
Sveinn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sveinn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sveinn occurs most in Iceland. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sveinn? popularity and diffusion
Sveinn is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sveinn reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 199,294th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 1,518 people.
Sveinn is most widespread in Iceland, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 126,697. In Iceland Sveinn is mostly found in: Capital Region, where 33 percent are found, Eastern Region, where 33 percent are found and Southern Peninsula, where 33 percent are found. Besides Iceland this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Finland, where 25 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
- 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 Sveinn
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