Befring Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Befring Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Befring Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway991:51,9427,451
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Befring Last Name Facts

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

The surname Befring occurs more in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Befring click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Befring? popularity and diffusion

The surname Befring is the 1,775,494th most frequently held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name Befring is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Befring are found; 97 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in Scandinavia.

It is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 51,942. In Norway it is most numerous in: Western Norway, where 67 percent are found and Eastern Norway, where 33 percent are found. Beside Norway this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 5 percent are found and Jordan, where 2 percent are found.

Befring Last Name Statistics demography

Befring earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 3.47% less than the national average, earning 334,076 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Befrin925/
Bfring921/
Wefring86142/
Vefring8640/
Bevring8611/
Befrang865/
Bevering8060/
Beiferin802/
Bveriong801/
Wiefring800/
Bedfrn770/
Pfring770/
Bifaringo751/
Bevreng718/
Befrank711/
Beverung67105/
Povering675/
Bafranga673/
Befranco672/
Befrendt671/
Buverneg670/
Baverung670/
Baifern575/

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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 Befring
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