Alfelt Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Alfelt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alfelt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden401:246,16917,052
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Alfelt Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alfelt is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Alfelt.

How Common Is The Last Name Alfelt? popularity and diffusion

Alfelt is the 2,944,094th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Alfelt are found; 95 percent are found in Northern Europe and 95 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widely held in Sweden, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 246,169. In Sweden Alfelt is mostly concentrated in: Skåne County, where 63 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 25 percent live and Kalmar County, where 8 percent live. Excluding Sweden this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 2 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

Alfelt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Alfelt has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Alfelt
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