Ferander Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Ferander Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ferander Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Ferander Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ferander is found most frequently in Sweden. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ferander? popularity and diffusion

Ferander is the 5,391,485th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 85 percent of Ferander live; 85 percent live in Northern Europe and 85 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 895,160. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 82 percent live and Skåne County, where 18 percent live. Other than Sweden this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Bahamas, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Ferander Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ferander has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ferander last name fell 75 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 Ferander
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