Ómarsson Surname

650,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 465 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Ómarsson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ómarsson Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland4511:843135
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Omarsson (76) are calculated separately.

Ómarsson Last Name Facts

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

Ómarsson is carried by more people in Iceland than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Omarsson. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ómarsson? popularity and diffusion

It is the 650,013th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,672,142 people. The last name Ómarsson occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ómarsson live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Ómarsson is most prevalent in Iceland, where it is borne by 451 people, or 1 in 843. In Iceland it is primarily concentrated in: Capital Region, where 57 percent are found, Southern Peninsula, where 9 percent are found and Northeastern Region, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Iceland it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 2 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Omarsson9676/
Amarsson881/
Atmarsson8210/
Amarson8013/
Omarson806/
Umarson804/
Guðmarsson7833/
Attmarsson7810/
Hammarsson783/
Asmarson755/
Amaerson751/
Osmarson751/
Hammarson7131/
Umarsan6712/
Amorson674/
Omarsan672/
Omarsen671/
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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 Ómarsson
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