Örvarsson Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Örvarsson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 31 | 1:12,261 | 1,126 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Orvarsson (30) are calculated separately.
Örvarsson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Örvarsson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Örvarsson is carried by more people in Iceland than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Orvarsson. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Örvarsson? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Örvarsson occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Örvarsson live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Örvarsson is most common in Iceland, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 12,261. In Iceland Örvarsson is most frequent in: Capital Region, where 29 percent live, Northeastern Region, where 23 percent live and Western Region, where 19 percent live. Outside of Iceland this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orvarsson | 96 | 30 | / |
| Hervarsson | 84 | 9 | / |
| Orvarson | 82 | 9 | / |
| Þorvarðsson | 80 | 31 | / |
| Orverson | 71 | 1 | / |
| Horverson | 67 | 0 | / |
| Harvorson | 67 | 0 | / |
| Orversen | 59 | 6 | / |
| Arversen | 59 | 1 | / |
| Harborson | 56 | 5 | / |
| Harvorsen | 56 | 2 | / |
| Harbourson | 53 | 0 | / |
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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 Örvarsson
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