Arfs Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Arfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arfs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden431:228,99415,912
Germany291:2,776,050134,833
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Arfs (28) may also be a first name.

Arfs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Arfs occurs most in Sweden. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Arfs.

How Common Is The Last Name Arfs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,136,387th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Arfs reside; 56 percent reside in Northern Europe and 56 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,994,417th most common first name worldwide, borne by 28 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 228,994. In Sweden Arfs is mostly found in: Dalarna County, where 35 percent live, Stockholm County, where 26 percent live and Västra Götaland County, where 21 percent live. Not including Sweden this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 37 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garfs8915/
Harfs890/
Arf86934/
Harfst80826/
Harrfs805/
Arffss801/
Harf752,304/
Garf75413/
Arft75373/
Arfe75369/
Arff75254/
Arbs75144/
Airf75137/
Arfh75124/
Aarf7559/
Asrf7550/
Aurf7519/
Arwf756/
Arhf754/
Arvs753/
Arws753/
Ahrf751/
Arzf751/
Erfs751/
Arfp751/
Ayrf751/
Harbs671,007/
Harff67916/
Herfs67475/
Garff67379/
Harpf67228/
Garvs6748/
Arpfe6717/
Arwsh6713/
Aarwf6713/
Hajrf6712/
Harfe678/
Airef676/
Garfì676/
Aarfh674/
Arbsh673/
Airff672/
Aharf672/
Asrhf672/
Ayref672/
Eurfs671/
Arvås671/
Aarrf671/
Erwfs671/
Aairf671/
Gairf671/
Harft671/
Harws671/
Gorfs671/
Aarfe671/
Aarff671/
Asrfe671/
Asrfh671/
Arffe671/
Hasrf671/
Aurfe671/
Arrws671/
Arzff671/
Arwfh671/
Aahrf671/
Osrfs671/
Harrf670/
Haarf670/
Aurbs670/
Garrf670/

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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 Arfs
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