Myrdal

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in Swedish: a surname, politicians Alva and Gunnar Myrdal, their son writer Jan Myrdal (kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations))

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: SSB PxWebApi, 2025

/mʏːrɑl/(machine-generated) Norwegian · model-generated

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Myrdal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Norway than in any other country: 462 people, counted by SSB.

  • NONorway1 in 12K(measured from records)
  • ISIceland≈1 in 20K
  • SESweden1 in 119K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Norway (measured from records)

462 people

Record sources
69 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Norway

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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How to pronounce Myrdal

  • Norwegian:/mʏːrɑl/(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

Alva, Swedish peace activist (Nobel

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

How Myrdal is read

(measured from records)

Myrdal is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English55%

    Alva, Swedish peace activist (Nobel

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

    Swedish economist (Nobel 1974)

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

    1982); Gunnar (her husband).

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

    A locality in Aurland municipality, Vestland county, Norway.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Norwegian18%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Myrdal in Norwegian.

  • Swedish11%

    a surname, politicians Alva and Gunnar Myrdal, their son writer Jan Myrdal

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where the surname Myrdal is found

(measured from records)

Myrdal counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Myrdal is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NO Norway4621 in 12K462Myrdal10
US United States1041 in 3.2M104Myrdal69
SE Sweden861 in 119K86Myrdal7
ZA South Africa≈74 est.≈1 in 861K—Myrdal9
GB United Kingdom≈49 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Myrdal10
IS Iceland≈20 est.≈1 in 20Klisted——
DK Denmark151 in 391K15——
JM Jamaica≈4 est.≈1 in 759K—Myrdal1

462 people counted by SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Myrdal is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Norwegian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Norway, United States, Denmark, Sweden

    Languages: Norwegian, Danish

    Also written Mýrdal

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Chile

    Also written Mýrdal

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Mýrdal

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
18901900191019201930Gunnar Myrdal, b. 1898Alva Myrdal, b. 1902Jan Myrdal, b. 1927

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence

(measured from records)

8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Myrdal come from?
Alva, Swedish peace activist (Nobel Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
How do you pronounce Myrdal?
In Norwegian /mʏːrɑl/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
What does the name Myrdal mean?
In Swedish, a surname, politicians Alva and Gunnar Myrdal, their son writer Jan Myrdal
Which countries have the most people with the surname Myrdal?
In Norway, the national register counted about 462 people named Myrdal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled myrdal. After it come United States, Sweden, South Africa and United Kingdom; the country table on this page ranks them.
Where is Myrdal most common?
Myrdal is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 12 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Myrdal?
In Norway, the national register counted 462 people named Myrdal, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Myrdal” — ranked 3039th in Norway (SSB). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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