Sævarsson Surname

578,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 543 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Sævarsson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sævarsson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland5111:744115
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Norway91:571,36544,190
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

The alternate forms: Svarsson (7) are calculated separately.

Sævarsson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sævarsson is more frequently found in Iceland than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Svarsson. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sævarsson? popularity and diffusion

It is the 578,557th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 13,420,895 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Sævarsson are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

Sævarsson is most commonly used in Iceland, where it is held by 511 people, or 1 in 744. In Iceland Sævarsson is mostly concentrated in: Capital Region, where 58 percent are found, Northeastern Region, where 14 percent are found and Southern Region, where 8 percent are found. Not including Iceland it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 2 percent are found and Norway, where 2 percent are found.

Sævarsson Last Name Statistics demography

Sævarsson earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Norway they earn 68.04% more than the national average, earning 581,540 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Svarsson987/
Swarson756/
Swearson7165/
Swarsen6316/
Svarcan6311/
Suarsen6311/
Suarjon639/
Schwarzson632/
Sversen631/
Sıvarcan5935/
Suarsane5910/
Zvarshan591/
Scuarzon591/
Swargiong5620/
Schwerson562/
Schwarsen560/
Svorcan50444/
Suersen5024/
Suarjan5012/
Juarsan504/
Juarzon502/
Swarjan501/
Swersen500/

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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 Sævarsson
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