Søfteland Surname

876,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Søfteland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Søfteland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3051:16,8602,065
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Søfteland Last Name Facts

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

The last name Søfteland occurs in Norway more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Søfteland? popularity and diffusion

Søfteland is the 876,631st most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. The last name Søfteland is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Søfteland live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

Søfteland is most common in Norway, where it is carried by 305 people, or 1 in 16,860. In Norway Søfteland is most numerous in: Western Norway, where 64 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 28 percent reside and Southern Norway, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Norway Søfteland is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Søfteland Last Name Statistics demography

Søfteland earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 0.11% less than the national average, earning 345,710 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Softeland895/
Syofteland841/
Softland822/
Svedland711/
Svitland711/
Svetlanda671/
Savetland670/
Seveatland630/
Svedlund591,150/
Svedlind5993/
Svedlindh569/
Svedlyund561/
Sved Linde531/

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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 Søfteland
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