Arfelt Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Arfelt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arfelt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark221:256,57819,736
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Arfelt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Arfelt occurs in Denmark more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Arfelt click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arfelt? popularity and diffusion

The last name Arfelt is the 3,228,735th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Arfelt reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 92 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most common in Denmark, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 256,578. In Denmark it is mostly concentrated in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 45 percent are found, North Denmark Region, where 32 percent are found and Central Denmark Region, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Denmark Arfelt is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 32 percent are found and Belgium, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Harfelt9220/
Arfeldt9211/
Aarfelt927/
Arrfelt925/
Garfelt924/
Ahrfelt924/
Arwfelt921/
Arfel9177/
Harfeldt867/
Ahrfeldt864/
Aerfeldt863/
Garfeldt861/
Garfel8349/
Orfelt8324/
Erfelt8316/
Arfeld836/
Harfel832/
Arfiel831/
Harrfeldt8017/
Haarfeldt8011/
Arfl801/
Harfeld7772/
Arfield7767/
Herfelt7732/
Öhrfelt7728/
Örfelth7722/
Erfeldt7718/
Orrfelt7710/
Orfeldt779/
Hörfelt777/
Harfiel776/
Garflet775/
Garfeld774/
Garfell772/
Asrfeel771/
Ohrfelt771/
Harfell771/
Horfelt771/
Orfel7321/
Arfil738/
Harfield711,707/
Harflett7170/
Herfeldt7168/
Harzfeld7138/
Eirefelt7135/
Öhrfeldt7126/
Eirfeldt7112/
Haarfeld718/
Ehrfeldt717/
Airfield713/
Garfeeld711/
Arfelova711/
Aarfeelh711/
Herfelth710/
Hairfield67924/
Garfil67816/
Hearfield67360/
Harfil6789/
Herrfeldt6749/
Erfeld6710/
Erfält676/
Gorfel675/
Arphel674/
Orfeld673/
Harflette672/
Horfel671/
Harfelová671/
Harzfield670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Arfelt
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