Örlygsson Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Örlygsson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 36 | 1:10,558 | 998 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
The alternate forms: Orlygsson (13) are calculated separately.
Örlygsson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Örlygsson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Örlygsson has its highest incidence in Iceland. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Orlygsson. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Örlygsson? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,055,934th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Örlygsson are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname Örlygsson is most widespread in Iceland, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 10,558. In Iceland Örlygsson is most frequent in: Capital Region, where 64 percent are found, Northeastern Region, where 19 percent are found and Southern Peninsula, where 11 percent are found. Other than Iceland it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 7 percent are found and Norway, where 5 percent are found.
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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
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