Thordardottir Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Thordardottir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thordardottir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland731:5,207628
Sweden211:468,89333,666
Norway111:467,48139,375
Denmark81:705,58939,626
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Thordardóttir (1) & Thórdardóttir (3) are calculated separately.

Thordardottir Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thordardottir has its highest incidence in Iceland. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Thordardóttir or Thórdardóttir. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thordardottir? popularity and diffusion

Thordardottir is the 1,589,322nd most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Thordardottir live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most widely held in Iceland, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 5,207. In Iceland it is mostly concentrated in: Capital Region, where 95 percent reside, Southern Peninsula, where 3 percent reside and Northeastern Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Iceland it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 16 percent reside and Norway, where 9 percent reside.

Thordardottir Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Thordardottir earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 31.39% less than the national average, earning 237,459 kr per year and in United States they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $33,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thordardóttir971/
Tordardottir968/
Thórdardóttir953/
Thuridardottir891/
Thuridardóttir811/

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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 Thordardottir
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