Most Icelanders do not have a family name. So children have a given name and then father’s-name-son or father’s-name-daughter. Thus: 1. Jon has a son named Thor Jonsson and a daughter named Hafdis Jonsdottir. |
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Reykjavik area Greater Reykjavík
Reykjavik area Greater Reykjavík
Greater Reykjavík
The Greater Reykjavík area is the metropolitan area of the Icelandic capital Reykjavík, with a population of 202,000 inhabitants, about 64% of Iceland's population. Reykjavík and its neighbouring municipalities are:
By population
- Reykjavík: 120,165
- Kópavogur: 29,886
- Hafnarfjörður: 25,726
- Garðabær: 10,331
- Mosfellsbær: 8,625
- Seltjarnarnes: 4,437
- Álftanes: 2,487
- Kjósarhreppur: 190
- Total: 201,847
(Population in October 2008)
By location
- West of Reykjavík: Seltjarnarnes
- North-east of Reykjavík: Mosfellsbær and Kjósarhreppur
- South of Reykjavík: Kópavogur, Garðabær, Hafnarfjörður and Álftanes