Sveinsdottir Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Sveinsdottir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 63 | 1:6,033 | 689 |
| Denmark | 33 | 1:171,052 | 14,584 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Sveinsdóttir (1,322) are calculated separately.
Sveinsdottir Demographics
Average Sveinsdottir Salary in
United States
$37,812 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sveinsdottir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sveinsdottir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sveinsdottir is found in Iceland more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Sveinsdóttir. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sveinsdottir? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sveinsdottir is the 1,497,948th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. The surname Sveinsdottir is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Sveinsdottir reside; 95 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This last name is most widely held in Iceland, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 6,033. In Iceland Sveinsdottir is mostly found in: Capital Region, where 89 percent reside, Southern Peninsula, where 6 percent reside and Northwestern Region, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Iceland this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 24 percent reside and Sweden, where 14 percent reside.
Sveinsdottir Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Sveinsdottir earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 41.33% less than the national average, earning 203,037 kr per year and in United States they earn 12.37% less than the national average, earning $37,812 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sveinsdóttir | 97 | 1,322 | / |
| Sveinsdttir | 96 | 1 | / |
| Sveinsdotter | 92 | 1 | / |
| Svensdotter | 87 | 69 | / |
| Svansdottir | 87 | 23 | / |
| Svensdóttir | 87 | 4 | / |
| Sævinsdóttir | 83 | 9 | / |
| Svansdóttir | 78 | 191 | / |
| Zophoniasdottir | 59 | 6 | / |
| Zophoníasdóttir | 52 | 20 | / |
| Zophaníasdóttir | 52 | 1 | / |
| Zóphaníasdóttir | 52 | 1 | / |
| Zóphoníasdóttir | 52 | 1 | / |
| Zóphóníasdóttir | 52 | 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 Sveinsdottir
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