Befrits Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Befrits Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Befrits Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden201:492,33835,486
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Befrits Last Name Facts

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

Befrits is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Befrits? popularity and diffusion

Befrits is the 4,034,050th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Befrits is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Befrits reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 96 percent reside in Scandinavia.

It is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 492,338. In Sweden Befrits is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 95 percent are found and Västra Götaland County, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Sweden this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Befreitas881/
Be-Feritas821/
Bey Freitas781/
Beveridts751/
Beverts711/
Biverts711/
Wehfritz6722/
Pie Freitas671/
Bau Freitas671/
Boa Freitas671/
Whefritz670/
Wehefritz6349/
Wettfritz631/
Wefrich573/
Whifritz530/

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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 Befrits
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