Thorkelsdottir Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Thorkelsdottir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Thorkelsdóttir (3) & Thorkelsdôttir (1) are calculated separately.
Thorkelsdottir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thorkelsdottir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thorkelsdottir has its highest incidence in Iceland. It can also be found in the variant forms: Thorkelsdóttir or Thorkelsdôttir. Click here to see other potential spellings of Thorkelsdottir.
How Common Is The Last Name Thorkelsdottir? popularity and diffusion
The surname Thorkelsdottir is the 4,772,636th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 82 percent of Thorkelsdottir are found; 71 percent are found in Northern Europe and 71 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Iceland, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 42,232. In Iceland it is most prevalent in: Capital Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Iceland Thorkelsdottir occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorkelsdóttir | 98 | 3 | / |
| Thorkelsdôttir | 98 | 1 | / |
| Torkelsdottir | 96 | 4 | / |
| Torkellsdottir | 93 | 1 | / |
| Torkelsdotter | 89 | 3 | / |
| Torkilsdóttir | 81 | 4 | / |
| Thorkildsdatter | 76 | 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 Thorkelsdottir
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